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A bare headed ascetic seated under a tree
Unknown
(Miniaturist)
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
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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: 2022-05-18 13:27:34
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Accession Number: PD.149-1948
Accession Number: PD.151-1948
Accession Number: M.38-1904
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