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The Madonna and Child c.1525-1600
Brush and wash and white heightening over black chalk, on blue paper | 31.9 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905013

Circle of Paolo Farinati (1524-1606)
The Madonna and Child c.1525-1600
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A brush drawing of the Madonna and Child, the Child in a lively pose in the lap of the seated Madonna. Although the drawing comes from the Farinati sequence, it is much more coarse than any of his drawings, and may be by a (possibly quite distant) follower; the naive physical type of the Madonna may even suggest an artist of an earlier generation.
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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Medium and techniques
Brush and wash and white heightening over black chalk, on blue paper
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31.9 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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