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Warriors on horseback c.1580-90
Pen and ink over red chalk | 18.1 x 14.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 906962
Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (1548/51-1608)
Warriors on horseback c.1580-90
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Three studies of warriors and one of a man wearing a helmet in profile.
The three studies of a warrior in Roman armour on a rearing or galloping horse might show the legendary Roman soldier Murcius Scaevola. Other studies for this composition by Figino in the Royal Collection see RCINs 906954, 906963v and 906964.
The drawing of a man in profile wearing an antique helmet is perhaps a more detailed and worked up study of the rider above. On the verso a study of another rider is visible study of man with helmet in profile, maybe for the same composition.
Inscribed in pen at lower left: No 91
Provenance
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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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink over red chalk
Measurements
18.1 x 14.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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