Studies of putti and drapery

Details

CARLO MARATTI (CAMERANO 1625-1713 ROME)
Studies of putti and drapery
red, black and white chalk, on blue paper, upper left corner made up
10 ¾ x 16 ½ in. (27 x 42 cm)

Provenance

with Colnaghi, London (Old Master Drawings, 1985, no. 31, ill.).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 13 January 1989, lot 267.

Literature

S. Rudolph and S. Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Carlo Maratti (1625-1713) tra magnificenza del Barocco e sogno d'Arcadia. Dipinti e disegni, Rome, 2024, no. 31.I.3, ill.

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Lot Essay

This large sheet contains preparatory sketches for two angels in the fresco with the Triumph of the Cross painted by Carlo Maratti in 1655-1657 in the cupola of the Ludovisi chapel in the church of Sant’Isidoro in Rome (fig. 1; Rudolph and Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, op. cit., no. 32 I, ill.). Two other preparatory drawings for this decoration are known: a project for the entire cupola sold in these rooms in 2019 (Christie’s, London, 5 December 2019, lot 61) and a sheet of studies in the Museum der KunstPalast in Düsseldorf (inv. KA(FP) 12494; see ibid., no. 31.I.2, ill.).

Fig. 1. Carlo Maratti, The Triumph of the Cross. Church of Sant’Isidoro, Rome.

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