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Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
Studies of putti for the dome of the Chiesa Collegiata, Ariccia. c.1662-4
Black chalk and pen with brown ink | 26.9 x 25.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905570
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
Studies of putti for the dome of the Chiesa Collegiata, Ariccia c.1662-4
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
Studies of putti for the dome of the Chiesa Collegiata, Ariccia c.1662-4
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A sheet of studies of putti intended to decorate the dome of the Chiesa Collegiata, Ariccia, which was designed and built by Bernini betwen 1662 and 1664. The sheet also contains sketches for the Silva Chapel in S Isidoro, Rome. See also RCIN 905566.
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: 'Of Cielings and Church as well as other Architectural Ornaments')
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk and pen with brown ink
Measurements
26.9 x 25.3 cm (sheet of paper)
