drawing
- Museum number
- 1963,1018.4
- Description
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An angel holding the hand of a running child, after Luca Cambiaso; putti and cherubim adoring two flaming hearts, heart at left with crown of thorns and crucifix, one at right pierced by a dagger with lily above
Red and traces of black chalk
- Production date
- 1714-1775
- Dimensions
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Height: 211 millimetres
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Width: 292 millimetres (irregular)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See Giuseppe Buscaglia, 'Giovanni Agostino Ratti', Savona 2004, pp.168-9 (listed as cat.D.2), where it is thought to be an early work by him.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1963
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1963,1018.4