Carpio Collection

Drawings of the collection of statues, busts, bas reliefs, vases, fountains, etc., formed in Rome by the Marqués del Carpio, while ambassador of Charles II of Spain to Pope Innocent XI (1676-82). The drawings are mostly highly finished pencil, with some colour wash. Captions, Spanish, describe materials, occasionally artists, and in some cases provenance (Cardinal de Massimi, Cardinal Nini). Carpio owned forty-three albums of drawings of which only a few survive.

They were exhibited and presented by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks Hon VPSA on 22 June 1882 (signature, fol. ii, and record of presentation). Proc., 2nd.ser., 9 (1881-3), 175.

Artist / Maker
Unknown (possibly Phillip Schor, son of J P Schor)
Type
manuscript
Date
c. 1682
Origin
Originally owned by Gaspar de Haro y Guzmán, Marqués del Carpio; exhibited and presented to the Society by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, then VPSA, 22 June 1882
Material
Paper; red morocco, gilt-tooled, with gilt edges
Dimensions
Folio
Location
Burlington House
Catalogue Record Link
Catalogue Record

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