1592951842000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-37922 1753725821049 1753696532000 1753725817304 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-37922 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/37922 2e13b8e0-48bb-32d1-8902-ecf41bcaf078 8 reference term-101697 adlib-term-101697 613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022 sketchbook reference term-37166 adlib-term-37166 feba6d99-fb75-3d35-b009-236d788146f6 laid paper Support Height mm 213 Width mm 150 Leaf Size Paintings, Drawings and Prints 832/5.f.5 1 accession number 832/5.f.5 37922 priref 37922 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/37922 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/37922 recto, upper right brown ink 5 [i] preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [ii] - preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [iii] preceding word crossed through in brown ink, the following word above the line; [iv] the preceding word crossed through in brown ink; [v] the preceding three words crossed through in brown ink, the following four words above the line recto brown ink of a good taste & the building is very / handsome their[i] the 2d row of Columns are segments of Octogons, there is a row of Pillasters above which support the cornice / Gallerie / Tribuna / the principal object & which faces / the door is the Venus de Medicis / the arms were restored by a Flemish Sculptor / at Rome employed in the service of the house of / Medicis, the Marble is Parian, the left arm / is original almost as low as the elbow & by the / indentation round it seems formerly to have had a metal bracelet round it, the / hair has been painted brown, but the hair / has suffered greatly & scarce any traces of the / painting remains, the face also has suffered considerably, a new end has been added to / the nose & a little bit to the right sides of / the chin which gives a little harshness to / the countenance, the fiugre has been broke / in the following places, across[ii] the neck, the / narrow part of the body, the thighs, the / legs in 2 places, the Marble is of so tender / a tint & transparent, the appearance of / the flesh so soft with a gentle polish on / it, the attitude is so graceful & has[iii] seems so much / the[iv] in motion together with a charming light - / -ness of proportions which give it[v] that the whole effect is exquisite / this figure was finished intirely[sic] with the tool / without a rasp [i] preceding three words crossed through in brown ink, the following word above the line verso brown ink the Boxers in Parian marble, white of a delicate colour, has greatly the appearance / of flesh it has been much broke but is well / restored, by the style of workmanship it seems / to have been done[i] be nearly of the same age / with the Niobe family, John of Bologna seems / to have studied this group particularly by / the composition of his Hercules & Centaur / 7 the Rape of the Sabines, this is on / the right hand of the Venus, on the left / is the Rotator a fine figure, next on / one side of the door is the young Apollo / on the other side is the Dancing Faun / round the room are hung pictures by / Raffaele, & da Vinci, Perugino, Titian / Guercino, Andrea del Sarto & c. / on each side of the Tribuna are rooms / filled with Ancient Statuary pictures & / drawings, in one room on the right hand / of the Venus is the fine bust of Cicero / the nose & great part of the Ears are modern reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-153239 adlib-agent-153239 d8e74e61-a4a9-37b7-9e13-326601bb5bec Murray, Charles Fairfax 1916 1912 1916-12 given draughtsman reference agent-45771 adlib-agent-45771 b9e1e92c-edf1-3a4c-a4eb-f5fbaae070a3 Flaxman, John reference term-106299 adlib-term-106299 3926a617-f986-3db0-a8cd-7d8071aa7a46 brown ink reference term-101697 adlib-term-101697 613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022 sketchbook reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-9168 adlib-term-9168 6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f British

reference term-101697 adlib-term-101697 613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022 sketchbook

sketchbook pen and brown ink on laid paper reference term-27007 adlib-term-27007 326f020c-e0a2-3e7f-8f96-c7ad94fe8767 handwriting object OBJECT