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The Death of St Claire with Pope Innocent IV blessing her
Draughtsman: Salimbeni, Ventura
History note: J. Richardson Senior, his mount with inscription and shelfmark (Lugt 2995); Thomas Coke, 1st. Earl of Leicester; by descent to Viscount Coke; his sale, Christie's, 2 July 1991, lot 14; with Lutz Riester
From the Bartlett Fund with contributions from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the National Arts Collection Fund.
Height: 257 mm
Width: 254 mm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1991) by Riester, Lutz
Previously attributed to Salimbeni's half-brother, Francesco Vanni, an attribution accepted by Popham and Lloyd, there seems no doubt to query the attribution to Salimbeni proposed by Philip Pouncey who recognised the drawing as preparatory for the fresco in the Cappella di San Massimino in the church of S. Maria degli Angeli, Assisi (repr. P.A. Riedl, "Zum Oeuvre des Ventura Salimbeni", Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorichen Institutes in Florenz, 9 (1959-60) (p. 225, pl. 4).
White chalk
Brown ink
Brown wash
Red chalk
Support composed of prepared paper ( light brown)
Drawing : Pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white (partly reduced) on light brown prepared paper, squared in red chalk on four overlaid sheets of paper, laid down on an eighteenth century washed mount
Accession number: PD.40-1991
Primary reference Number: 7834
Lugt: 2995
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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