The drapery of the Virgin's hip c.1510-15
Black chalk, with white heightening | 11.8 x 13.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912529
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A study of the folds of drapery at the back of a seated figure; the upper part of a right leg is slightly indicated. The general outline corresponds exactly with the Virgin's drapery in the picture of the Madonna and Child with St Anne and a lamb, now in the Louvre.
Provenance
Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; from whose heirs purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, by 1630; Probably acquired by Charles II; Royal Collection by 1690
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk, with white heightening
Measurements
11.8 x 13.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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