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Marcantonio Bassetti (1586-1630)
A mock battle in an arena
Pen and bistre wash, brown and white oil paint on paper tinted brown | 13.7 x 19.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904829
Marcantonio Bassetti (1586-1630)
A mock battle in an arena
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A drawing of a mock battle bounded in the background by a high curving wall: in the foreground is a cavalry engagement with several figures trampled by the horses, and in the middle ground the seige of a fiortified building is underway. This is a festa display organized within an arena.
Provenance
Probably from the collection of Consul Joseph Smith and bought by George III in 1762; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv.A, p.85; as 'After Tintoretto')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and bistre wash, brown and white oil paint on paper tinted brown
Measurements
13.7 x 19.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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