St Lawrence refusing to offer a sacrifice to a statue of Jupiter
Wash
ca. 1625-69 (made)
ca. 1625-69 (made)
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Pen and ink and wash drawing depicting St Lawrence refusing to sacrifice to a statue of Jupiter. Inscribed in ink 'Pietro da Cortona'.
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Title | St 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'. |
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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 |
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Accession number | CAI.588 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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