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Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661)
A standing male figure, holding a torch
Red chalk | 40.4 x 25.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904852
Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661)
A standing male figure, holding a torch
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A study of a nude male figure, standing and holding a torch lowered in his right hand. His stance indicates that he is dancing or moving to the right. This sheet was found loose in volume I of the Sacchi drawings, and it is not accounted for in Inventory A.
Provenance
Probably Carlo Maratta, and thus purchased by Pope Clement XI, 1703; by whom bequeathed to his nephew Alessandro Albani, 1721; from whom purchased by George III, 1762
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk
Measurements
40.4 x 25.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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