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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 | 33.1 x 27.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904855
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, monkeys, a herm, and a peacock; with the Barberini bees in roundels, and the Barberini arms in the upper right corner. See also RCIN 904854.
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
33.1 x 27.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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