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Attributed to Lazzaro Baldi (1623-1703)
Scenes from the life of a Carmelite Nun: King David appears to the nun c. 1650-70
Black and white chalk, with brown wash, on grey-blue paper | 10.4 x 6.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 906772
Attributed to Lazzaro Baldi (1623-1703)
Scenes from the life of a Carmelite Nun: King David appears to the nun c. 1650-70
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A drawing of King David with his harp, appearing before the nun as she kneels at a table with an open prayer book
From of a series of small drawings of scenes from the life of a Carmelite nun (RCIN 906769-906774). All but two of these (RCIN 906772, 906769 B(R) 646) were engraved in La vie de la séraphique mère Thérèse de Jésus (Lyon, 1670).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 (Inv. A, p. 128: among 'Eight small drawings of a good Scholar of P: da Cortona')
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Creator(s)
Previously attributed to a follower of (artist)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Black and white chalk, with brown wash, on grey-blue paper
Measurements
10.4 x 6.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 6772
