Design for a mace
Drawing
ca. 1625-69 (made)
ca. 1625-69 (made)
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Design for a mace decorated with a papal tiara and crossed keys, a bee and a Maltese cross. Inscribed in an old hand 'P. da Cortona' and in the upper margin '127'.
Object details
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| Title | Design for a mace (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash over black chalk |
| Brief description | Design for a mace by Pietro Berretini da Cortona, decorated with a papal tiara and crossed keys, a bee and a Maltese cross. Italy, ca. 1625-69. |
| Physical description | Design for a mace decorated with a papal tiara and crossed keys, a bee and a Maltese cross. Inscribed in an old hand 'P. da Cortona' and in the upper margin '127'. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, p.42-43 , cat. n. 681, illus.
The following is the full text of the entry:
CORTONA, PIETRO DA Pietro Berretini
(1596-1669)
681
Design for a mace decorated with a papal tiara and crossed keys, a bee and a Maltese cross
Inscribed in an old hand 'P. da Cortona' and in the upper margin '127'
Pen and ink and wash over black chalk
16 1/4 x 7 1/4 (412 x 183) D.1708-1885
PROVENANCE Bought 1875
LITERATURE K. Noehles, 'Die Louvre-Projekte von Pietro da Cortona und Carlo Rainaldi' in ZeitschriJt fur Kunstgeschichte, 24, 1961, pp. 54 and 72, and fig. 14; Briganti, p. 306
Another drawing by Cortona, showing a similar design, is in the Uffizi (no. 578 Orn). The bee of the Barberini employed in conjunction with a Maltese cross suggests that the design was made for Cardinal Antonio Barberini the younger, nephew of Pope Urban VIII and Grand Prior of the Order of St John. Noehles (loc. cit.) dates the drawing in the early 1630s. Another design for a mace by the same hand is no. 682 below. The old numbers on the drawings show that they both belonged to the same album or series. |
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| Accession number | D.1708-1885 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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