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Follower of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
A design for a reliquary c.1630-1700
Pen and brown wash | 19.5 x 25.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905587
Follower of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
A design for a reliquary c.1630-1700
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A design for a reliquary featuring two standing angels carrying between them a casket on which stand two putti with a wreath and palm leaves.
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
Pen and brown wash
Measurements
19.5 x 25.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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