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Drawing

16th - 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Domenichino (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Design for a cartouche; an oval frame surmounted by a shell, the head of a man sketched in the centre; Pen and bistre.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and bistre
Pen
Bistre
Drawing
Brief description
Domenichino (ascribed to); Design for a cartouche; an oval frame surmounted by a shell, the head of a man sketched in the centre; Pen and bistre; Bolognese School; 16th - 17th century.
Physical description
Design for a cartouche; an oval frame surmounted by a shell, the head of a man sketched in the centre; Pen and bistre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.3in
  • Width: 3.3in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Bolognese School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Collection unknown - The letter D.
Subjects depicted
Cartouche
Shell
Man
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, p.45 , cat. n. 687, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: ? DOMENICHINO Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641) 687 A man's head in a cartouche Inscribed 'm.120' as in Lugt 2981, and again on the mount in an 18th century hand 'Domenichino' Pen and ink 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 (114 x 83) Dyce 328 PROVENANCE Padre Resta; Lord Somers (the inscription refers to a MS in the British Museum, which is a transcript of Resta's notes on the drawings first in his and then in Somers's collection; see Popham, Resta; also Lugt 2981 and Lugt, Supplement, p. 419); Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 328 (ascribed to Domenichino) Resta's comment on the drawings numbered m.1I9 to m.128 in the MS in the British Museum reads 'sono tutte del Dominichino'. In the case of no. 687 the attribution is uncertain, but not to be excluded.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.328

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Record createdSeptember 15, 2009
Record URL
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