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Recto: A study for a kneeling monk. Verso: A study for a standing male figure c.1634-46
Black and white chalk on grey paper | 39.6 x 25.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905710

Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Recto: A study for a kneeling monk. Verso: A study for a standing male figure c.1634-46

Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Recto: A study for a kneeling monk. Verso: A study for a standing male figure c.1634-46


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Recto: a study of a kneeling monk, with one hand to his chest and the other extended towards the viewer. Verso: a three-quarter length standing male figure, turned to the left.
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
39.6 x 25.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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