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Lot Essay
The present pastel is a copy of the pastel by Carriera in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, see B. Sani, Rosalba Carriera, Turin, 1988, no. 299, pl. 262. It is conceivable that the present work is the copy, recorded in an inscription and mentioned by Sani, loc.cit. as in the collection of Robert Dingley.
Robert Dingley (circa 1710-1781) was a director of the Bank of England (1757-–67) and of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the earliest of its kind, when it was founded in 1762. A member of the Society of Dilettanti from its foundation (circa 1736) he devised an influential plan in February 1749 for a public Academy of Arts, and was also an active fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (1734-–48). As a philanthropist, Dingley served on a committee of the Merchant Seamen's Corporation, and was a governor and an innovative inspector of the London Foundling Hospital. He pioneered the Magdalen Hospital for Penitent Prostitutes, the first English charity of its kind.
Robert Dingley (circa 1710-1781) was a director of the Bank of England (1757-–67) and of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the earliest of its kind, when it was founded in 1762. A member of the Society of Dilettanti from its foundation (circa 1736) he devised an influential plan in February 1749 for a public Academy of Arts, and was also an active fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (1734-–48). As a philanthropist, Dingley served on a committee of the Merchant Seamen's Corporation, and was a governor and an innovative inspector of the London Foundling Hospital. He pioneered the Magdalen Hospital for Penitent Prostitutes, the first English charity of its kind.