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Attributed to Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
A design for a float for Agostino Chigi 1658
Pen and brown wash over black chalk, on discoloured white paper | 36.6 x 25.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905618
Attributed to Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
A design for a float for Agostino Chigi 1658
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A design for a float for Agostino Chigi for the Carnival of 1658: a winged figure holding the star and the oak-branch of the Chigi arms, and surrounded by allegorical figures of the arts, sits on an elaborate lobed base. Inscribed between the wheels at the bottom: Questo mi dispiacie meno.
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 Carrs')
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Pen and brown wash over black chalk, on discoloured white paper
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36.6 x 25.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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