Sheet of Studies with a Soldier Drawing a Sword, a Crucifix, Monstrous Animals, and Other Figures

Neapolitan 17th Century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 13.8 x 13.3 cm (5 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.), all corners cut
    mount: 15.5 x 18.1 cm (6 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.172

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Aubrey Beese. (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London, by 1975). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1975

  • Master Drawings and Prints, Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, 1975, no. 21 (as Pier Franceso Mola).

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 181 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: 3711 A

Wikidata ID

Q64618160

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