Lot Essay
The present drawing relates to Cipriani's 1769 Royal Academy exhibition painting, no. 20, which is now at Clare College, Cambridge.
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The Annunciation
Details
Giovanni Battista Cipriani, R.A. (Florence 1727-1785 London)
The Annunciation
pencil, pen and black ink, brown wash on buff paper, arched
16 5/8 x 7¼ in. (42.1 x 18.5 cm.)
The Annunciation
pencil, pen and black ink, brown wash on buff paper, arched
16 5/8 x 7¼ in. (42.1 x 18.5 cm.)
Provenance
with Alistair Mathews, London, where acquired by the present owner in 1970.
Exhibited
London, P.& D. Colnaghi, 1969.
Engraved
Engraved (with differences), John and Josiah Boydell, London, 1787.
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