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St Lawrence refusing to offer a sacrifice to a statue of Jupiter

Wash
ca. 1625-69 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pen and ink and wash drawing depicting St Lawrence refusing to sacrifice to a statue of Jupiter. Inscribed in ink 'Pietro da Cortona'.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSt Lawrence refusing to offer a sacrifice to a statue of Jupiter (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and wash, heightened with white, on brown washed paper
Brief description
Wash drawing by Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) depicting St Lawrence refusing to offer a sacrifice to a statue of Jupiter. Italy, ca. 1625-69.
Physical description
Pen and ink and wash drawing depicting St Lawrence refusing to sacrifice to a statue of Jupiter. Inscribed in ink 'Pietro da Cortona'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 242mm
  • Width: 336mm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, p.42 , cat. n. 679, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: CORTONA, PIETRO DA Pietro Berretini (1596-1669) 679 St Lawrence refusing to sacrifice to a statue of Jupiter Inscribed in ink 'Pietro da Cortona'; an inscription in Dutch on the back gives the subject of the drawing and states that it was from the collections of van de Hur and van der Schelling; also inscribed on the back of the mount 'No. 365 at Woodburn's sale June 1854' Pen and ink and wash heightened with white on brown washed paper 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 (242 x 336) CAI.588 PROVENANCE ? van de Hur; ? van der Schelling; S. Woodburn (sale, Christie, 17 June 1854, lot no. 365: 'P, da Cortona. The Holy Family &c.'); Ionides Bequest 1901 (Lugt 488) LITERATURE Ionides Catalogue, p, 9 (as by Cortona); Briganti, p. 306
Collection
Accession number
CAI.588

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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