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Miniature from an MS. (probably Tabriz)
Miniaturist: Unknown
Height: 119 mm
Width: 153 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: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Production date: circa AD 1540
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Ink
Gold
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Bodycolour, including white, pen and ink with gold on paper, laid down
Accession number: Marlay 40-pl.3
Primary reference Number: 34749
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Miniature from an MS. (probably Tabriz)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/34749 Accessed: 2023-02-06 07:59:12
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Accession Number: 3448
Accession Number: Marlay 40-pl.21
Accession Number: 3454
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