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Domenichino (Bologna 1581-Naples 1641)
A right hand 1631-33
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on grey-blue paper | 11.8 x 15.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 970089
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A drawing of a right hand, palm upwards. This is a study for the right hand of the figure of Prayer in the centre of the lower part of the fresco, The Virgin intercedes with Christ on behalf of the City of Naples, one of the frescoes in the pendentives in the Cappella del Tesoro in the Duomo, Naples. There are four preparatory studies at Windsor for this figure.
Domenichino painted four frescoes in the pendentives of the Cappella del Tesoro, in the Duomo in Naples. To the left of the entrance: The Virgin intercedes with Christ on behalf of the city of Naples. To the right of the entrance: San Gennaro intercedes with Christ on behalf of the city of Naples. On the left of the high altar: S. Gennaro is recieved by Christ. On the right of the high altar: S. Gennaro as Protector of the city of Naples.Provenance
Bequeathed to Francesco Raspantino; Carlo Maratti, after 1664; from whom purchased by Clement XI, 1703; by whom bequeathed to his nephew, Alessandro Albani, 1721; from whom purchased by George III, 1762; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-20
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Black chalk heightened with white chalk on grey-blue paper
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11.8 x 15.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 1644BAlternative title(s)
The Virgin intercedes with Christ on behalf of the City of Naples
