Cavalcade, ca. 1640

Blatt: 119 x 183 mm

Physical Description: Red chalk, entire surface mounted on thin cardboard, hand-drawn framing line in graphite along upper edge (on exposed edge of cardboard mount)

Inventory Number: 4404

Object Number: 4404 Z

Status: On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

Texts

About the Work

The drawing was carried out in the context of a major project for the royal Buen Retiro Palace outside of Madrid. On commission from Philipp IV of Spain, more than 34 large-scale works were executed there, depicting scenes from Roman history as well as Roman customs and games. Anielle Falcone was responsible for two of the paintings, of which one portrays a Roman cavalry unit. That painting has many elements in common with the drawing on view here.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Cavalcade

Draughtsman

Aniello Falcone attributed

Period Produced

17th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Red chalk, entire surface mounted on thin cardboard, hand-drawn framing line in graphite along upper edge (on exposed edge of cardboard mount)

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Neapolitan

Production Reason

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet unten links (von fremder Hand?, mit der Feder in Braun): Tempesta
Auf der Rückseite (auf dem Auflagekarton) unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)