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Giovanni Paolo Schor (1615-1674)
A design for the top of a frame c. 1650-74
Pen and brown ink over black chalk | 17.3 x 23.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904458
Giovanni Paolo Schor (1615-1674)
A design for the top of a frame c. 1650-74
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A design for the top of a frame, with a rampant dog, or wolf, entwined in acanthus leaves; with a coat of arms surmounted with a ducal coronet. Squared for enlargement; with a scale along the lower edge. See also RCIN 905578.
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, as by Pietro da Cortona: 'Martial and Religious or Popish Devices mix'd, The first a Design for a Clock and Ornaments for insides of Churches, Pallaces, and other Devices')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown ink over black chalk
Measurements
17.3 x 23.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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