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Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661)
Putti and a grotesque mask c. 1645
Red chalk | 23.3 x 18.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904866
Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661)
Putti and a grotesque mask c. 1645
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Studies of the head and legs of a putto in the left field above the Pamphili Allegory. There is a drawing of a grotesque mask in the upper left corner. The foot in the lower right corner can be connected with the priest carrying the cross in The Destruction the Pagan Idols in the baptistery of S Giovanni Laterano, Rome.
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 chalk
Measurements
23.3 x 18.2 cm (sheet of paper)
