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Studies of cherubs

Drawing
1675 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gaulli, Giovanni Battista (artist)
Place of origin
Rome (made)

Studies (4 on 1 sheet) of cherubs


Object details

Category
Designs
Object type
Drawing
TitleStudies of cherubs (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink (1 cherub); pen and ink and wash (3 cherubs)
Pen and Ink
Wash
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, Studies of cherubs (4 on 1 sheet), by Giovanni Battista Gaulli called il Baciccio, Rome, pen and ink, 1675
Physical description
Studies (4 on 1 sheet) of cherubs
Dimensions
  • Height: 222mm
  • Width: 381mm
Style
Roman School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed in pencil 'Scuola Bolognese'
Object history
Bought 1872
Production
Formerly anonymous, recognized by Dieter Graf as showing the same putti, differently arranged, as a sheet in the Kunstmuseum Dusseldrof (FP.10762). As he pointed out in a letter the studies are for the altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Anne in S. Francisco a Ripa, Rome. Our drawing is probaly a copy.
Bibliographic references
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century, London, 1980, cat. 703, p. 51, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: GAULLI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA called il Baciccio (1639-1709) 703 Studies (4 on 1 sheet) of cherubs Inscribed in pencil 'Scuola Bolognese' Pen and ink (1 cherub); pen and ink and wash (3 cherubs) 8 3/4 X 15 (222 X 381) 607 PROVENANCE Bought 1872 Formerly anonymous, recognized by Dieter Graf as showing the same putti, differently arranged, as a sheet in the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (FP. 10762). As he has pointed out (in a letter) the studies are for the altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with St Anne in S. Francesco a Ripa, Rome (R. Enggass, The painting of Baciccio, Pennsylvania State University, 1964, fig. 34, where a date 1675 is suggested). Our drawing is probably a copy.
  • Referenced in Cristina Loi, 'Disegni per Milano al Victoria & Albert Museum di Londra' in Il Disegno di Architettura: notizie su studi, richerche, archivi e collezioni pubbliche e private, Aprile 1996, Numero 13, pp. 31-38.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
607

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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