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A figure of Christ for the Agony in the Garden c.1586
Black and white chalk on blue paper | 19.8 x 14.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 906926
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A study of a draped figure kneeling to the left.
In this preparatory study of the figure of Christ for his painting of the Agony in the Garden in Santa Maria della Passione in Milan, Figino is focussing on the drapery - the folds are finely modelled in black chalk and heightened in white chalk.
For other preparatory studies for the Agony in the Garden by Figino in the Royal Collection see: RCINs 906874, 906928, 906929, 906967, 906968 and 906977v.
For other preparatory studies in the Accademia in Venice see: Inv.nos. 621, 960, 961, 974r, 995, 996, 997, 1015, 1040 and 1510v.
Inscribed in pen at lower left No 56; and at lower right: FiginoProvenance
Bequeathed by the artist to Ercole Bianchi in 1608; in the collection of Consul Joseph Smith by 1755; purchased by George III in 1762. Recorded in 'Inventory A', p. 117: '110 Mostly sketches after the Old Masters Raphael, Michel Angelo &c.a.'
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Black and white chalk on blue paper
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19.8 x 14.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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