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Assumption

Drawing
ca. 1600 - 1647 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lanfranco, Giovanni (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Assumption; Slight sketch in black chalk.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleAssumption
Materials and techniques
Slight sketch in black chalk
Black Chalk
Drawing
Brief description
Lanfranco, Giovanni; Assumption; Slight sketch in black chalk; Parmesan School; ca. 1600-1647.
Physical description
Assumption; Slight sketch in black chalk.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.3in
  • Width: 16.2in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Parmesan School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Collection - Charles Rogers.
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, p.20 , cat. n. 627, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: BENASCHI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1636-88) 627 The Assumption of the Virgin Black chalk on pale brown paper 23 1/8 x 16 1/8 (587 x 409) Dyce 281 PROVENANCE C. Rogers (Lugt 624); Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 281 (as by Giovanni Lanfranco); J. Bean and W. Vitzthum, article quoted under no. 626 above, p. 115; p. 121, no. 40 and fig. 31. See no. 626 above. The sheet is composed of two rectangular pieces of paper pasted together. As Bean and Vitzthum show, the drawing is a typical work by Benaschi of a type that has commonly been attributed to Lanfranco in the past
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.281

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Record createdSeptember 14, 2009
Record URL
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