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The Holy Family c.1590-5
Red chalk, squared in black chalk | 21.5 x 14.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 906988
Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (1548/51-1608)
The Holy Family c.1590-5
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Two studies of full compositions of the Holy Family with a young St John the Baptist.
The two studies of the Holy Family shows a different degree of finish: the one at the top is more elaborated in red chalk and shows extensive modelling, whereas the one below only captures the outlines of the figures in red chalk. In the left bottom corner a separate study of St John the Baptist that might have belonged to another version of the same composition but was cut from the sheet. Both compositions were squared for transfer to a painting or wall. They relate to no surviving painting in Figino's hand, but share similarities with RCIN 906961. On the verso of this sheet there is a study of a woman's head turned in profile.
Inscribed in pen at lower left: No 117Provenance
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
Red chalk, squared in black chalk
Measurements
21.5 x 14.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
watermark: flower with six petals [right centre of the sheet]
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