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Spielende Kinder

17. Jh.n. Chr.

Children playing, drawing after the sarcophagus in the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Inv. No. I 1129) from the "Museo Cartaceo" by Cassiano Dal Pozzo, who had a large number of antiquities drawn in the 17th century and compiled them in an encyclopaedic work.

Children playing, drawing after the sarcophagus in the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Inv. No. I 1129) from the "Museo Cartaceo" by Cassiano Dal Pozzo, who had a large number of antiquities drawn in the 17th century and compiled them in an encyclopaedic work.

Time:
17. Jh.n. Chr.

Object Name
Zeichnung: Römischer Sarkophag mit spielenden Kindern

Material/technology:
Pen and brown ink and dark brown wash, with white heightening

Inscribed
Auf dem Passepartout, VS: "By P. Battoni from the ruins in Herculaneum - from Sir J. Reynoldis collect." (Pompeo Girolamo Batoni; Sir Joshua Reynolds)
RS: Originalblatt: "XVII" und Tuschezeichnung
Passepartout: RS: Beschriftung mit Tusche
AK

Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung

Invs.
Antikensammlung, XIV Z 314

Provenance
Kunsthandel, Christie’s, London, 12 Dez. 1985 (lot 539), Sotheby’s, New York, 28 January 2015 (lot 17), "from the estate of Jan Krugier", New York: Les Enluminures (2018): Schenkung des Vereins der Freunde des Kunsthistorischen Museums

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