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A bare headed ascetic seated under a tree
Miniaturist: Unknown
Height: 158 mm
Width: 86 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
17th Century
Production date:
?
AD 1633
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.10
Primary reference Number: 34759
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 (2022) "A bare headed ascetic seated under a tree" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/34759 Accessed: 2022-11-29 17:39:18
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Accession Number: PD.149-1948
Accession Number: PD.151-1948
Accession Number: M.38-1904
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