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Pietro de' Pietri (1663-1716)

The Assumption

Pen and brown ink, with watercolour | 19.0 x 19.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904419

Pietro de' Pietri (1663-1716)

The Assumption

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A drawing of the Virgin ascending to heaven on clouds, supported and surrounded by a host of angels

Provenance

Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv. A, p.110: among 33 'Drawings of Pietro de Petris. Massuci and other Scholars of Carlo Maratti, excepting one Caricatura by Ghezzi')
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Pietro de' Pietri (1663-1716)
(artist)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Pen and brown ink, with watercolour

Measurements

19.0 x 19.1 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Christianity
Life of the Virgin Mary
Assumption of the Virgin
References

Other number(s)

RL 4419

B(R) : Blunt, A.F. & Cooke, H.L., 1960. The Roman Drawings of the XVII and XVIII Centuries in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, London – B(R) 685

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