The Spies Returning from Canaan
1690s(?)
Artist, Italian, 1646 - 1707

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with blue wash over black chalk, squared for transfer with red chalk, on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 58.7 × 33.3 cm (23 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.) (arched top)
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Accession
2015.87.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792) (Lugt 2364). (Adolphe Stein, Paris, by 1986). (sale, Christie's London, 3 July 1990, no. 44, as "Circle of Carlo Maratta"). (sale, Christie' s London, 2 July 1996, no. 146, as "Circle of Giacinto Calandrucci"). (sale, F. Tajan, Paris, 30 March 2011, no. 31). (Galerie Tarantino, Paris); purchased 2015 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1986
Master Drawings Presented by Adolphe Stein. Douwes Fine Art Gallery, London, 1986, no. 39, pl. 28 (as Carlo Maratta).
2014
Les Fastes du Pouvoir: Dessins et estampes du XVIe au XVIIIe siecle, Galerie Tarantino, Paris, 2014, no. 33.
Inscriptions
lower left in black chalk: Do Fetti; lower center in black chalk: Do Fetti
Watermarks
three circles with an A, an anchor, and griffons flanking a cross
Wikidata ID
Q64572097