Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Barberini the Younger

attributed to Andrea Sacchi  (Italian, Rome (?) ca. 1599–1661 Rome)

Date:
1599–1661
Medium:
Red chalk
Dimensions:
5-1/16 x 4 in. (12.9 x 10.2 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1966
Accession Number:
66.51
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Annotated in pen and brown ink at upper right, A. Sachi [sic]. Annotated on reverse of old mount, L'eminentissmo, Sign:re Sign:re Cardinale Barberini. Annotated in graphite at upper left border on mount, 2/2/16.

    Marking: Collector's marks in pen and black ink at lower right border, J:B; and in pen and black ink at upper right border on mount, J:B (Lugt 1419).

  • Provenance

    John Barnard (London, died 1784); Baroness Alain de Gunsburg, Paris(see note on photograph Frick Art Ref. Library); Faerber and Maison Ltd. (London)

  • References

    Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turcic 17th century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979, cat. no. 346, fig. no. 346, pp. 262-63, ill.

    Ann Sutherland Harris Andrea Sacchi A complete edition of the paintings with a critical catalogue. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1977, cat. no. 67-2, p. 93.

    Adelheid M. Gealt Italian Portrait Drawings, 1400-1800 from North American Collections Exh. cat., Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Art Museum; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia, Gallery of Art, University of Pittsburgh; Oberlin, Ohio, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1983-1984, cat. no. 33, ill.



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