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The Lamentation over the dead Christ
Draughtsman: Oliver, Isaac I
History note: Bought in Lisbon in 1940 by Sr. José Casmiiro Serrao Franco; sold Sotheby's, 20 November 1957, lot 66, bt. P. & D. Colnaghi for the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 209 mm
Width: 281 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1957) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Support composed of paper
Pen and ink : Pen and ink, watercolour and passages of a thicker opaque medium over black chalk
Accession number: PD.5-1957
Primary reference Number: 12179
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Lamentation over the dead Christ" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12179 Accessed: 2023-06-02 02:39:37
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Accession Number: 566
Accession Number: 2080
Accession Number: 31.K.12-93
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