The Spies Returning from Canaan

Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792) (Lugt 2364). (Adolphe Stein, Paris, by 1986). (sale, Christie's London, 3 July 1990, no. 44, as "Circle of Carlo Maratta"). (sale, Christie' s London, 2 July 1996, no. 146, as "Circle of Giacinto Calandrucci"). (sale, F. Tajan, Paris, 30 March 2011, no. 31). (Galerie Tarantino, Paris); purchased 2015 by NGA.

The Spies Returning from Canaan

Calandrucci, Giacinto

1690s(?)

Accession Number

2015.87.1

Medium

pen and brown ink with blue wash over black chalk, squared for transfer with red chalk, on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 58.7 × 33.3 cm (23 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.) (arched top)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

William B. O'Neal Fund