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The birth of the Virgin (?)
Draughtsman: Faccini, Pietro
History note: Jane Worship ( great grand-mother of the donor ) by descent to donor
Height: 403 mm
Width: 265 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 (2006) by Vaux, Helen, Miss
Formerly attributed to Niccolosio Granello
Paper
Brown ink
Brown wash
Black chalk
Drawing : Pen and brown ink, brown wash over black chalk, squared for transfer
Accession number: PD.80-2006
Primary reference Number: 163302
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 (2023) "The birth of the Virgin (?)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163302 Accessed: 2023-04-01 19:18:28
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Accession Number: PD.8-1984
Accession Number: MS McClean 201.13o
Accession Number: 23.K.2-7
Accession Number: M.28
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