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Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Recto: A study for St Luke. Verso: Studies of an arm and shoulder c.1638-44
Black and white chalk on blue-grey paper | 33.3 x 25.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905683
Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Recto: A study for St Luke. Verso: Studies of an arm and shoulder c.1638-44
Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Recto: A study for St Luke. Verso: Studies of an arm and shoulder c.1638-44
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Recto: a study for the seated figure of St Luke, one of the Four Evangelists on the pendentives of the crossing of SS Apostoli, Naples. Verso: studies of a left arm and a shoulder, and a seated monk; squared in red chalk. Formerly placed within the Carraccci volumes. See also RCIN 905675, 905697, 905683.
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 and white chalk on blue-grey paper
Measurements
33.3 x 25.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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