Attributed to Annibale Carracci (1560-1609)
Attributed to Annibale Carracci (1560-1609)

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Attributed to Annibale Carracci (1560-1609)

The Head of the dying Alexander after the Antique

black and white chalk, on blue paper, irregular
322 x 268mm.
Provenance
Conte Jacopo Durazzo, according to an inscription on the mount

Lot Essay

Similar to Annibale's drawing in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam after the same sculpture, A. Weston-Lewis, Annibale Carracci and the Antique, Master Drawings, XXX, 1992, fig. 26. As Weston-Lewis notes, the head of the ignudo to the left of Jupiter and Juno in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, was inspired by the sculpture

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