Relmusto Lercari

XVI century. Wash, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink, Pencil on paper.
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The composition, intended for the decoration of a pendentive, corresponds with that of the upright oval fresco on the ceiling of the Salone of the Palazzo Lercari-Parodi, Genoa, one of a series representing illustrious members of the Lercari family. A variant of the present composition, also a studio drawing, is in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no. 13729F).

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Virginia, Art Services International, 2008, p.279

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Inventory number: D001932
Author: Anonymous (Follower of: Luca Cambiaso)
Title: Relmusto Lercari
Date: XVI century
Technique: Wash; Pencil ground; Grey-brown ink; Pencil
Support: Paper
Dimension: Height: 292 mm; Width: 205 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 279.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Virginia, 2008, pp. 279.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 536.

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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