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Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Recto: A study for the head and shoulders of a soldier from the Martyrdom of St Matthew. Verso: A head c.1638-44
Black chalk, heightened with white, on grey paper | 18.1 x 17.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905680
Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Recto: A study for the head and shoulders of a soldier from the Martyrdom of St Matthew. Verso: A head c.1638-44
Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Recto: A study for the head and shoulders of a soldier from the Martyrdom of St Matthew. Verso: A head c.1638-44
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Recto: a study for the upper body and head of a soldier, inclined forwards; from the Martyrdom of St Matthew, subject of a fresco in the church of SS. Apostoli, Naples. Verso: a head of a young man, tilted upwards. See also RCIN 905674.
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. 84: 'Study's for various paintings, not above three or four small Compositions in the whole Volume')
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk, heightened with white, on grey paper
Measurements
18.1 x 17.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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