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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1946,0713.109
Description
A seated woman looking up, seen from below Black chalk, on grey paper
Producer name
Drawn by:
Marco Benefial
School/style
Roman
Production date
1699-1764
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
364 millimetres
Width:
355 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
A study for the Samian sibyl painted in fresco in 1733 in the palazzo Chigi Zondadari, Siena. The room was decorated with the seven sibyls and an allegory of Hope. Lit.: A.E. Popham, 'Catalogue of Drawings in the Collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., F.R.S., now in the possession of his Grandson, T. Fitzroy Phillipps Fenwick of Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham', I, London, 1935, p. 125, no. 1; G. Falcidia, 'Di Benefial, di Stefano Parrocel e d'altro', "Prospettiva", 1983-4, 33-36, p. 289, fig. 7
Bibliographic references
Phillipps-Fenwick 1935 / Catalogue of drawings in the collection of T Fitzroy Phillipps-Fenwick
(p.125(1))
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Count Antoine Seilern
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Young Ottley
(T. Philipe, 6.vi.1814/139 as Benefial 'One - the Madona sitting on a cloud - black chalk, on grey paper, heightened - very fine' bt Smith £1-1-0)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Lawrence
(L.2445)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Samuel Woodburn
(Christie's, 4.vi.1860/part of lot 1 'Various, by ALBANO, BERNINI, BRICCIO, and others', 14 in the lot, bt Phillipps £1-14-0)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Phillipps
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date
1946
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1946,0713.109