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Giuseppe Passeri (1654-1714)
The Virgin adored by St Francis and taking the Christ Child from St Christopher
Pen and brown wash, heightened with white and grey gouache over red chalk | 22.0 (diameter) | RCIN 990271
Giuseppe Passeri (1654-1714)
The Virgin adored by St Francis and taking the Christ Child from St Christopher
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A drawing, in a circular format, of the Virgin seated upon clouds as she receives the Child from the shoulder of St Christopher, standing with his staff on the right. St Francis kneels below the Virgin, on the left.
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 (Inv. A, p. 110: 'Mostly Historical, Sacred and Profane')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown wash, heightened with white and grey gouache over red chalk
Measurements
22.0 (diameter)
