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Hermes Trismegistus
Maccari, Leopoldo
(Draughtsman)
From the University Purchase Fund.
Height: 328 mm
Width: 332 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: Bought
(1875)
by
The Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate
Black ink
Brown wash
Black wash
Yellow wash
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen and black ink, black, yellow and brown wash on lightly squared paper
Accession number: 4050
Primary reference Number: 37566
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/37566 Accessed: 2022-06-25 18:27:58
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