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A Personification of Charity c.1575-1600
Black chalk, pen and ink, wash, white heightening, on blue paper, squared in white chalk | 36 x 23.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905006

Paolo Farinati (1524-1606)
A Personification of Charity c.1575-1600
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A drawing of a personification of Charity giving bread and money to two children. Popham (in P&W) thought the drawing might be a study for a statue, but it is more likely that it was for an illusionistic wall painting; Farinati was widely employed to produce decorative schemes for the interiors and facades of private residences in and around Verona, a high proportion of which have now been destroyed, and no related work has been identified.
The Royal Collection holds forty-seven sheets by Farinati and his followers. It is probable that most, if not all, were acquired during the reign of Charles II. A list of albums at Kensington Palace in 1727 includes one volume of drawings by Farinati and his followers, in which this sheet was housed. The album contained RCINs 904973 – 905026, with other sheets by Farinati housed in a miscellaneous album. These volumes were subsequently broken up and the drawings were mounted separately.Provenance
Probably acquired by Charles II; listed in George III's 'Inventory A,' c.1800-20, p. 117, Paolo Farinati ‘A Spirited manner & not wanting in Invention but not correct in his Drawing.’
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Black chalk, pen and ink, wash, white heightening, on blue paper, squared in white chalk
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36 x 23.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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