Friday, January 4, 2019

Renaissance Drawings Collected by Charles II (1630-1685)

Leonardo da Vinci
Body of a horse in profile
ca. 1490
drawing on blue paper
(acquired by Charles II from the collection of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Leonardo da Vinci
Figure-study for St John the Baptist
ca. 1485
drawing on blue paper
(acquired by Charles II from the collection of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Leonardo da Vinci
Design for Equestrian Monument
ca. 1485-90
drawing on blue paper
(acquired by Charles II from the collection of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Leonardo da Vinci
Drapery-study of kneeling figure
ca. 1491-94
drawing
(acquired by Charles II from the collection of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Leonardo da Vinci
Anatomical study - Man's lower body in profile, and machine
ca. 1488-90
drawing
(acquired by Charles II from the collection of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Leonardo da Vinci
Anatomical study - Man's lower body, with notes
ca. 1506-1508
drawing
(acquired by Charles II from the collection of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

workshop of Leonardo da Vinci
Figure-study for St Jerome
ca. 1490
drawing
(acquired by Charles II from the collection of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

workshop of Leonardo da Vinci
Landscape with large cloud
ca. 1510-20
drawing
(acquired by Charles II from the collection of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Palma il Giovane
Christ appearing to a kneeling Doge
ca. 1585-95
drawing  (study for painting)
(probably acquired by Charles II from the collection of musician and composer Nicolas Lanier)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

follower of Bartolomeo Passarotti
Antique Sacrifice
16th century
drawing
(acquired by Charles II from the collection of musician and composer Nicolas Lanier)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Taddeo Zuccaro
Conversion of the Proconsul 
ca. 1557-59
drawing (study for painting)
(probably acquired by Charles II from the collection of musician Jerome Lanier)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Federico Barocci
Head of bearded man with eyes closed
ca. 1575-1600
drawing on blue paper
(acquired from an unknown source, probably by Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Giorgio Vasari after Rosso Fiorentino
Rebecca and Eliezer 
ca. 1559
drawing (study for painting)
(acquired by Charles II from the collection of musician and composer Nicolas Lanier)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

workshop of Raphael
Tarquin and Lucretia
ca. 1520-23
drawing
(probably acquired by Charles II from painter and art dealer William Gibson)
Royal Collection, Great Britain