Flight of Meriones, with Dead Coeranos Being Dragged from the Chariot
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper, corners cut
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Credit Line
Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 25.6 x 35.5 cm (10 1/16 x 14 in.)
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Accession
1991.150.57
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Prosper Henry Lankrink, London (Lugt 2090); William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, Derbyshire (Lugt 718); William Mayor [d. 1874], London (Lugt 2799); probably Jeffrey Whitehead, London (sale, Christie's, London, 13 May 1903, no. 10). Helene C. Seiferheld, New York; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, January 1961; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1961
Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, 1961, no. 1 (as Romano).
1971
Ten Years of Art in Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, January 1971.
1973
Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA and tour, 1973-1975 (as Romano), no. 20.
Bibliography
1875
A Brief Chronological Description of a Collection of Original Drawingsand Sketches...Formed by the late Mr. William Mayor. London, 1875, no. 51 (as Romano).
1962
Pouncey, Philip, and John A. Gere. Italian Drawings in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Raphael and His Circle. London, 1962: 67, under no. 88.
1965
"In Virginia," Arts in Virginia, 5, no. 2 (Winter 1965), 22-23.
1975
"Drawings for Theater and Architecture: A Special View of a Noted Virginia Collection of Master Drawings," Arts in Virginia, 15 (Spring 1975): 2 (not illus.).
1993
National Gallery of Art. Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. Washington, 1993, checklist p. 96.
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower center in brown ink: Giulio Romano
Wikidata ID
Q64533422