Study for a Reliquary Sarcophagus

Giovanni Odazzi1634/1689

Details

Title: Study for a Reliquary Sarcophagus
Creator: Giovanni Odazzi
Date Created: 1634/1689
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 14.6 x 21.3 cm (5 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.) mount: 28.7 x 34.8 cm (11 5/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
Provenance: Richard Houlditch [d. 1736; Lugt 2214], London; Jonathan Richardson, Sr [1665-1745; Lugt 2995 (his handwritten inscription on the "Richardson" mount made for him by his son](as Bernini); Duke of Argyll (?)(possibly his sale, Christie's, London, 21-23 May 1798, lot 90). (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, by 1964; as Bernini); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1964; gift to NGA , 2010.
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of graphite on laid paper

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