Four seated putti
Drawing
ca. 1530-1600 (made)
ca. 1530-1600 (made)
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Pen and ink and wash drawing depicting four putti.
Object details
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| Title | Four seated putti (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash, heightened with white on blue paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, Four seated putti, copy after Polidoro Caldara, Italian School, pen and ink and wash, 16th century. |
| Physical description | Pen and ink and wash drawing depicting four putti. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Bought 1883 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings. Volume One: 14th - 16th century, London, 1979, cat. 65, p. 46.
The following is the full text of the entry:
copies after
CALDARA, POLIDORO
65
Four seated putti
Pen and ink and wash, heightened with white on blue paper
8 3/8 x 11 3/4 (213 x 300) 9075.I
PROVENANCE Bought 1883
Copy (16th century) after a painting in the Chapel of Fra Mariano del Piombo in S. Silvestro al Quirinale, Rome. For an illustration of the painting see D. Grioli's article on the chapel in Archivio Storico dell' Arte, 4, 1891, pp. 117 ff.; and Marabottini, pl. 33.
Not illustrated |
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| Accession number | 9075I |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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