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Ciro Ferri (1634-89)
A study for a ceiling decoration c. 1671
Pen and brown ink, brown and grey washes, over black chalk | 33.2 x 44.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904446
Ciro Ferri (1634-89)
A study for a ceiling decoration c. 1671
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A study for a ceiling decoration in Palazzo Borghese, Rome, executed in the early 1670s to Ferri's designs. In the decoration as executed, the central octago frames a Venus and Mars by Filippo Lauri, and the four side ovals house landscapes by Gaspard Dughet.
The drawing was formerly proposed to be a study for Pietro da Cortona's frescoes in Palazzo Pitti, Florence.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. 112: Tom. II, 'Ornaments for insides of Churches, Pallaces, and other devices')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown ink, brown and grey washes, over black chalk
Measurements
33.2 x 44.9 cm (sheet of paper)
