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Marcantonio Bassetti (1586-1630)
The Conspiracy of Bedmar
Pen and bistre wash, dark brown and white oil paint on paper tinted brown | 14.2 x 19.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904844
Marcantonio Bassetti (1586-1630)
The Conspiracy of Bedmar
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A drawing of six men and a woman sitting at night around a table on which is a candle, while a seventh man stands on the right with his hand on the hilt of his sword. They all wear early seventeenth-century costume. The general character of the scene and the gesture of the man on the right do not suggest an ordinary gambling scene, but rather a conspiracy in the course of which a decision has been made by casting a dice.
It is possible that the drawing illustrates the conspiracy of the Spanish ambassador Bedmar against the Republic of Venice in 1618.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, dark brown and white oil paint on paper tinted brown
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14.2 x 19.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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