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Study for a female figure in a spandrel

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An image of Title/s: Study for a female figure in a spandrel 
Maker/s: Solimena, Francesco (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1657-1747]
Production Notes: A study for the female figure in the upper left spandrel of 'The Landing of the Ashes of St. John the Baptist at Genoa' (1715-17), formerly in the Senate, Genoa, destroyed by fire 
Technique Description: graphite on paper 
Dimensions: height: 234 mm, width: 233 mm

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Title/s: Study for a female figure in a spandrel Maker/s: Solimena, Francesco (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1657-1747] Production Notes: A study for the female figure in the upper left spandrel of 'The Landing of the Ashes of St. John the Baptist at Genoa' (1715-17), formerly in the Senate, Genoa, destroyed by fire Technique Description: graphite on paper Dimensions: height: 234 mm, width: 233 mm

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  • Accession Number: PD.1-1991 recto
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Image height: 760 pixels
  • Image width: 757 pixels
  • Processed with: ACD Systems Digital Imaging
  • Filesize: 84.80kB

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