The Spies Returning from Canaan

1690s(?)

Giacinto Calandrucci

Associated Names
Giacinto Calandrucci

Artist, Italian, 1646 - 1707

This is a drawing of a scene featuring figures, clouds, and trees. The sketch includes winged figures amongst clouds in the upper part of the composition. On the ground, figures are interacting, with some gesturing. Two individuals carry a large cluster of grapes. The setting includes foliage and a distant landscape. Red grid lines cover the drawing, suggesting preparatory work. Blue shading emphasizes specific sections.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with blue wash over black chalk, squared for transfer with red chalk, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 58.7 × 33.3 cm (23 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.) (arched top)

  • Accession Number

    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

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