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A priest in prayer before a skull and a crucifix
Black and white chalk on grey-green paper | 41.4 x 27.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904427

Attributed to Giovanni Paolo Melchiori (1664-1745)
A priest in prayer before a skull and a crucifix
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A drawing of a priest kneeling with his right hand on a skull, and his left hand on a book. On the table there is also a crucifix.
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: from a volume containing thirty three 'Drawings of Pietro de Petris. Massuci and other scholars of Carlo Maratti')
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Medium and techniques
Black and white chalk on grey-green paper
Measurements
41.4 x 27.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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