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Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661)
A decorative border for tapestries with the Barberini arms c. 1639-42
Red and black chalk with watercolour | 25.4 x 20.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904854
Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661)
A decorative border for tapestries with the Barberini arms c. 1639-42
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A design for the borders of tapestries; with satyrs on plinths feeding tigers, and putti supporting the Barberini arms above. See also RCIN 904855.
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; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv. A, p. 106)
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Medium and techniques
Red and black chalk with watercolour
Measurements
25.4 x 20.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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