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Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596-Rome 1669)
A design for a ceiling in the Palazzo Barberini c. 1631
Pen, brown wash over, black chalk | 31.0 x 19.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904452
Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596-Rome 1669)
A design for a ceiling in the Palazzo Barberini c. 1631
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An early design for the barrel-vaulted ceiling of the so-called 'gallerietta' in Palazzo Barberini, Rome: foliate ornamentation with a trompe l'oeil goup of putti bearing a shield with the emblem of the Barberini (in the ceiling itself the arms were changed in 1839 to those of the Falconieri family). Payments for the painting of the ceiling date from 1631.
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: 'Ornaments for insides of Churches, Pallaces, and other devices')
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Medium and techniques
Pen, brown wash over, black chalk
Measurements
31.0 x 19.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 4452Alternative title(s)
Design for ceiling
