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Attributed to Giovanni Paolo Melchiori (1664-1745)
A standing male nude
Black and white chalk on blue-grey paper | 40.8 x 26.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990209
Attributed to Giovanni Paolo Melchiori (1664-1745)
A standing male nude
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A drawing of a nude man with one hand raised, and with a knife or tool held in the other; perhaps a study for a David with the head of Goliath
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c. 1800-1820 (probably Inv. A, p. 147, no. 47, as Melchiori)
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Medium and techniques
Black and white chalk on blue-grey paper
Measurements
40.8 x 26.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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