Object numberKA (FP) 7275

Studien zum Engel mit Schwert

TitelStudies on the angel with sword

NameZeichnung

Künstler*in Carlo Maratti (IT, 1625 - 1713)

Dateca. 1660

MediumSchwarzer Stift, mit weißer Kreide gehöht, auf braunem Papier

DimensionsBlattmaß: 41,8 × 26,7 cm

DescriptionThis is the most complete study for the painting. At the centre is the upper body of the angel in the act of sliding his sword back into its scabbard. His hands are clearly visible, and further down are studies for his left leg and his face, a superb evocation of an ideal angelic head reminiscent of those of Guido Reni. At the upper left is the staring head of the angel immediately behind the saint. The diminutive flying putti at the top and bottom of the sheet were not carried (exactly as drawn) into the painting.
Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Drawings by Carlo Maratti in the collection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf at the Kunstpalast, Petersberg 2024, Kat. 115, S. 126f.

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Grafik - Zeichnung

Portal-Technikdrawing and drawing techniques

Exhibition History05.2024 – 10.2024
Düsseldorf, Kunstpalast: Schausammlung

Bibliography TextSimonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Drawings by Carlo Maratti in the collection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf at the Kunstpalast, Petersberg 2024, Kat. 115, S. 126f.
Eckhard Schaar, in: Eckhard Schaar und Ann Sutherland Harris, Die Handzeichnungen von Andrea Sacchi und Carlo Maratta, Düsseldorf 1967, Kat. 226; Eckhard Schaar, in: Eckhard Schaar und Dieter Graf, Meisterzeichnungen der Sammlung Lambert Krahe, Ausst.-Kat. Düsseldorf 1969, Kat. 58.

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