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Attributed to Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
Two standing angels holding a monstrance c.1665-75
Pen and brown wash | 14.1 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905559
Attributed to Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
Two standing angels holding a monstrance c.1665-75
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A drawing of two angels, facing each other in profile and holding a monstrance between them, only the base of which is in view. Connected with Bernini's design for angels carrying a monstrance in the Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig.
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.1810 (Inv. A, p. 114: (?)'The Study's of Angels for the Ciborio in the Chapel of the Sacrament at St. Peters Rome')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown wash
Measurements
14.1 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper)
