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The Siege of Troy - The Wooden Horse
Biagio d'Antonio da Firenze
(Painter)
One of a pair of cassone panels, see also M.44
History note: Palazzo Albizzi, Florence; Samuel Woodburn, London, sold at Christie's, 9 June 1860 (82), as Pintoricchio, bt. Morant; Rev. W. Davenport Bromley; his sale Christie's, 12 June 1863 (164), as Pintoricchio, bt. Colnaghi
Height: 47 cm
Width: 161 cm
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: Bequeathed
(1912)
by
Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Support: composed of panel (wood)
Painting (image-making) : Tempera on panel
Accession number: M.45
Primary reference Number: 134
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Painting"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/134 Accessed: 2022-01-21 17:13:58
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Accession Number: M.44
Accession Number: PD.45-1971
Accession Number: PD.9-1964
Accession Number: 450
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