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Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661)
The Death of St Anne c. 1639-49
Pen and bistre | 18.9 x 12.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904856
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A drawing of a grand interior space with St Anne laying on a bed surrounded by figures. Cherubs support a canopy suspended from the ceiling. This is a study for the composition of The Death of St Anne, in the church of S Carlo ai Catinari, Rome. Further studies for this painting are at Düsseldorf.
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: 'The Sketch of the death of St. Anne, painted in the Church of St. Carlo Catinarro at Rome, and engrav'd by Jacomo Freij')
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Pen and bistre
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18.9 x 12.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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