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Italian School, Roman, 17th century
A landscape with a man driving a donkey c. 1600-99
Black chalk, touched with pen and brown ink | 22.7 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905755
Italian School, Roman, 17th century
A landscape with a man driving a donkey c. 1600-99
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A drawing of a wooded landscape in which a man is driving a donkey beneath a tree. There is a fortified building on a promontory in the middle distance, and in the far distance, on the left, is a town.
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.1800-1820 (Inventory A, p. 119, 'Paesi Diversi.', nos. 34-40: 'Of the Roman and Lombard School')
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk, touched with pen and brown ink
Measurements
22.7 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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