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Studio of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
A design for the Catafalque of Carlo Barberini, Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome 1630
Pen and brown ink, on discoloured white paper | 48.5 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905613
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A design for the memorial to the General of the Church, Carlo Barberini, sited at the entrance wall of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome: an oval dome is supported by columns between which stand allegorical figures. There is a scale at the bottom. See also RCIN 905612.
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: 'Two for Funeral Obsequies or Catafalcas')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown ink, on discoloured white paper
Measurements
48.5 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper)
