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Giovanni Paolo Schor (1615-1674)
Noah watching the animals going into the Ark c. 1655-7
Pen and brown ink, with grey wash and a touch of white body-colour | 17.6 x 44.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904513
Giovanni Paolo Schor (1615-1674)
Noah watching the animals going into the Ark c. 1655-7
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A drawing of a scene outside the Ark: Noah, with other figures on the left, points towards the paired animals proceeding from the right foreground towards the Ark in the middle distance. This is a finished composition drawing for the fresco executed in 1656-7 for the Sala del Trono in the Quirinal, on the orders of Alexander VII.
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. 111, as by Pietro da Cortona: 'Noah his family and all the Animals entering the Ark')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with grey wash and a touch of white body-colour
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17.6 x 44.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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