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Follower of Giovanni Paolo Schor (1615-1674)
A design for an altar frontal c. 1660-90
Pen and pale brown wash | 17.1 x 28.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905556
Follower of Giovanni Paolo Schor (1615-1674)
A design for an altar frontal c. 1660-90
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A design for an altar frontal showing The Virgin and Child in Glory, adored by angels. The arms of Max Gandolf Kuenburg, Archbishop of Salzburg, are flanked by twin angelic caryatids on the left. Inscribed below: 3º B and 2º A.
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv. A, p. 114, as by Bernini: among twenty designs 'Of Cielings and Church as well as other Architectural Ornaments')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and pale brown wash
Measurements
17.1 x 28.0 cm (sheet of paper)
