Italian School, 17th Century

Trajan victorious over the Dacians

Details

Italian School, 17th Century
Trajan victorious over the Dacians
with illegible scratched out inscription (recto) and with inscription 'MC/ N° 44[crossed out]/ N° 71 ' (verso of the mount)
red chalk
11¼ x 8¼ in. (28.6 x 21.2 cm)

Provenance

M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum - e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' on the mount.

Literature

Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 74, as Nicolas Poussin.

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Lot Essay

This drawing is a copy after the part of the central portion of the Arch of Constantine, Rome (see P.P. Bober and R. Rubinstein, Renaissance Artists and Antique Sculpture, London, 1986, pp. 191-192, fig. 158aiii).

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