St. Augustin disputing Manicheus
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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 50 x 35,8 cm
Inventory numberNMH 811/1863
AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)
Other titlesTitel (sv): S:t Augustus bestrider Manicheus Titel (en): St. Augustin disputing Manicheus Titel i inventariet (sv): S:t Augustius disputera mot Manicheerna
DescriptionDescription: Laid down Inscribed in pen and brown ink 8 cm. up from bottom left: Manichei Contra August, and in left corner: Amico Aspertini, in pen and black ink in right corner: Cabinet de Crozat. With pen and brown ink in right corner initial: P. Numbered in pen and black ink in right corner: 668 (Sparre) Vasari lists a fresco in the library of S. Salvatore a fratti Sopetini, for which our drawing might be a preparatory study, as a collaborative work by Pupini and Bagnacavallo: "Lavorano ancora in una facciata della libreria una Disputa di S.A., nelle quale fecero una prospettiva assai ragionevole." According to Malvasia, the now destroyed S. Salvatore fresco recalled Raphael's "The school of Athens". This preparatory study by Puppini presumably gives a rather good idea of the composition of the lost fresco [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 1278]
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Geographical origin
TechniqueElevated, Wash drawing, Drawing
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