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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1854,0628.12
Description
Chariot of the Sun, after Giulio Romano; a rider and chariot pulled by two horses, seen from below, the sun above his head Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, heightened with white (partly oxidised), over black chalk, on grey-brown prepared paper Verso: Two heads and the upper part of a figure Red chalk
Producer name
After:
Giulio Romano
School/style
Roman
Production date
1514-1546
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
300 millimetres
Width:
219 millimetres
Curator's comments
Copied from the Sala del Sole, Palazzo del Te (Hartt, fig.169).
Bibliographic references
Pouncey & Gere 1962 / Raphael and His Circle
(p.176)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Samuel Woodburn
Purchased through:
Christie's
(19.vi.1854/573 as Primaticcio 'Phaeton in his chariot' bt with next lot [1854,0628.13] Tiffin for BM £0-12-0)
Purchased through:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1854
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1854,0628.12