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Allegory of the Hill of Knowledge
Draughtsman: Maccari, Leopoldo
From the University Purchase Fund.
Height: 434 mm
Width: 436 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
Grey wash
Black ink
Brown wash
Black wash
Yellow wash
Pinkish-brown wash
Graphite
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen and black ink, grey, brown, pinkish brown, yellow and black wash, over graphite on lightly squared paper
Accession number: 4053
Primary reference Number: 37569
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) "Allegory of the Hill of Knowledge" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/37569 Accessed: 2023-06-05 22:29:09
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Accession Number: MS 13-1947
Accession Number: PD.27-1949
Accession Number: CM.233-1938
Accession Number: P.73-1940
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