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A parable: the woman and child receiving alms
Draughtsman: Maccari, Leopoldo
From the University Purchase Fund.
Height: 315 mm
Width: 218 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
Support
composed of
paper
Meidum
composed of
black ink
Drawing : Pen and black ink on lightly squared paper
Accession number: 4079
Primary reference Number: 37633
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "A parable: the woman and child receiving alms" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/37633 Accessed: 2023-02-01 07:48:51
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Accession Number: 30.I.3-21
Accession Number: GR.49.1901
Accession Number: 2603
Accession Number: C.80.34 & A-1997
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