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Italian School, Venetian, 17th century

St Sebastian c. 1600-30

Black chalk on grey paper | 16.7 x 13.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905211

Italian School, Venetian, 17th century

St Sebastian c. 1600-30

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A drawing of the body of a man, naked to the waist, and probably tethered to a tree; with one arm behind his back and the other raised above his head. In a feigned oval. The sheet has patched corners. RCIN 905211-905214 are by an early seventeenth-century admirer of the late manner of Titian.

Provenance

Probably acquired in 1762 by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Italian School, Venetian, 17th century
(artist)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Saint Sebastian
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Black chalk on grey paper

Measurements

16.7 x 13.1 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
References

Other number(s)

RL 5211

B(V) : Blunt, A.F., 'Venetian Drawings' in Blunt, A.F., and Croft Murray, E., 1957. Venetian Drawings of XVII, XVIII Centuries in the Collection of HM The Queen at Windsor Castle, London – B(V) 591

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