Lot Essay
The first drawing is a copy of two figures in Domenichino's picture of The Sacrifice of Isaac datable 1623-25, at Holkham Hall.
Domenichino's painting was first mentioned in an inventory of the Barberini collection in 1633 when Cardinal Antonio Barberini, Pope Urban VIII's nephew, sent a number of pictures to the Cancelleria, and was last mentioned in a Barberini inventory in 1738 when it was bought by Matthew Brettingham. It has been at Holkham since 1773.
According to the inscription the present drawing must have been executed when the painting was in the Barberini collection.
Domenichino's painting was first mentioned in an inventory of the Barberini collection in 1633 when Cardinal Antonio Barberini, Pope Urban VIII's nephew, sent a number of pictures to the Cancelleria, and was last mentioned in a Barberini inventory in 1738 when it was bought by Matthew Brettingham. It has been at Holkham since 1773.
According to the inscription the present drawing must have been executed when the painting was in the Barberini collection.