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Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596-Rome 1669)
Tancred wounded c. 1625-30
Pen and brown wash, heightened with white and grey gouache, on brown-washed paper | 25.2 x 37.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904504
Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596-Rome 1669)
Tancred wounded c. 1625-30
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A drawing of soldiers and other figures standing over Tancred, who lies wounded with Erminia kneeling beside him. This is a study for the whole composition of the painting in the Briganti Collection, Rome. Certain figures recur almost identically; the man leaning over the wounded Tancred, and the two soldiers on the extreme left.
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. 113: 'The body of a dead Prince discover'd by the rest of the Army his wife and friends')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown wash, heightened with white and grey gouache, on brown-washed paper
Measurements
25.2 x 37.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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