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Andrea Camassei (1602-49)
A sleeping male nude c. 1637-9
Black, white, and coloured chalk, on grey paper | 22.1 x 35.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904905
Andrea Camassei (1602-49)
A sleeping male nude c. 1637-9
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A study of a male nude, lying on his back with his right leg bent; with a second study of the left leg. This is probably a study for a painting of the Massacre of the Niobids in the Galleria Nazionale, 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: among 'Twenty three Academical figures')
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Medium and techniques
Black, white, and coloured chalk, on grey paper
Measurements
22.1 x 35.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 4905
