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Attributed to Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Recto: A study of a standing firgure. Verso: A study of a seated figure c.1637-9
Black and white chalk on grey paper | 39.3 x 21.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905684
Attributed to Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Recto: A study of a standing firgure. Verso: A study of a seated figure c.1637-9
Attributed to Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Recto: A study of a standing firgure. Verso: A study of a seated figure c.1637-9
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Recto: a study of the drapery covering the lower part of a standing male figure. Verso: a seated figure turned in profile to the right; there is a book in his left hand, and he gestures towards the viewer with his right. One of three sheets of studies probably connected with the frescoes on the walls of the nave in the church of Certosa di S Martino, Naples. See also RCIN 905694, 905702.
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 grey paper
Measurements
39.3 x 21.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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Other number(s)
RL 5684
