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Allegorical scene with putti shielding a sleeping or dead man, two representations of river gods and other gods hovering on a cloud

Maker

Giovanni Maria Galli Bibiena (artist)
1625-1665

Title

Allegorical scene with putti shielding a sleeping or dead man, two representations of river gods and other gods hovering on a cloud

Date of Production

1658

Medium

red chalk and wash on brown-prepared laid paper, laid down on a paper support

Dimensions

Height: 40 cm
Width: 57.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1972.WF.4762

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1972

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

given by the artist to Vincenzo Pazzini; given by him to Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (1657-1743), 1719; Gaston Dulière, Brussels (20th century); his sale, Christie's (London), 4 July 1972, lot 245 (unsold); purchased from Dulière via Christie's by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, July 1972

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, right centre: a star above a circle containing an anchor (of type Briquet 477-496 but no exact match). Support (historic), Verso: right centre: a circle, unable to see what it contains [see photo in file].

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, graphite: “3”. Support (historic), Verso: lower right, on a white circular sticker, blue ballpoint: “262 / TZ”; on a separate piece of paper adhered to the lower right corner, brown ink, hand of Ferdinando Bibiena: “questo disegno col suo / compagno fú Fatto dalla / felice memoria del Sige Gio: / Maria Galli detto Bibiena / Pittore: nel Anno: 1658: e’ / dal medemo ne fú fatto / regallo al Sig Vincenzo / Pazzini, quale per dal / :1719: le donò a mè, ava- / :nti la dilui morte è / servirano per memoria della / Na Casa / Ferdinando Galli d:o Bibiena”.

Collector's mark: none.

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