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Follower of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)

A design for an altar c.1650-1720

Pen and brown wash over black chalk | 74.1 x 46.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 911593

A design for an altar

Follower of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)

A design for an altar c.1650-1720

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A design for an altar showing a painting of the Virgin and Child carried by two angels under a baldacchino. Below this, another angel carries the Host.

Provenance

Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani
People involved

Creator(s)

Follower of
Search the collection Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
(artist)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Pen and brown wash over black chalk

brown ink, brown wash, black chalk (touches of)

drawing

Measurements

74.1 x 46.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Architecture
Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
Altars
Architectural design
References

Other number(s)

RL 11593

B(R) : Blunt, A.F. & Cooke, H.L., 1960. The Roman Drawings of the XVII and XVIII Centuries in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, London – B(R) 74

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