Domenichino (Bologna 1581-Naples 1641)
Two studies of a right hand holding a book; a left hand holding a pair of spectacles c. 1608-10
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on grey-blue paper | 18.1 x 23.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 901621
Domenichino (Bologna 1581-Naples 1641)
Two studies of a right hand holding a book; a left hand holding a pair of spectacles c. 1608-10
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Two drawings of a right hand holding a book, with the index finger between the pages; a left hand holding a pair of spectacles. The first two drawings are studies for the right hand of the Virgin in The Annunciation, a fresco on the left of the arch separating the nave from the choir and altar in the abbey church of Santa Maria, Grottaferrata. This fresco forms part of the cycle representing episodes in the lives of the founding Saints Nilus and Bartholomew.
This is one of 75 sheets of studies in the Royal Collection related to the Grottaferrata fresco cycle.Provenance
Bequeathed to Francesco Raspantino; Carlo Maratti, after 1664; from whom purchased by Clement XI, 1703; by whom bequeathed to his nephew, Alessandro Albani, 1721; from whom purchased by George III, 1762; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-20
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on grey-blue paper
Measurements
18.1 x 23.1 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 1621Alternative title(s)
The Annunciation
Scenes from the legend of St Nilus and St Bartholomew
The building of the Abbey of Grottaferrata
