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Two miracles at the tomb of S. Filippo Benizzi c. 1680
Pen and ink over red chalk, with wash | 31.2 x 50.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905313

Carlo Cignani (Bologna 1628- Forlì 1719)
905313.jpg c. 1680
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A drawing representing the prelude to two miracles at the tomb of S Filippo Benizzi: a child resuscitated and a blind man healed. The blind man feels his way from the left, assisted by a boy. In the centre of the composition, the shoud covering the naked body of the infant is opened by its mother.
This drawing, preparatory to the only fresco executed entirely by Cignani between the twenty lunettes dedicated to the life and miracles of S Filippo Benizzi in the portico of the Church of S. Maria dei Servi in Bologna, is almost all that remains of the entire enterprise. Only a shadow of the fresco exists. The drawing has been indented for transfer.Provenance
Consul Joseph Smith; from whom bought by George III c.1760; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-20
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink over red chalk, with wash
Measurements
31.2 x 50.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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