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Study of a young man, turned right, leaning with right arm on pedestal
Draughtsman: Backer, Jacob Adriaensz.
Height: 262 mm
Width: 210 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: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library
A counterproof has probably been taken from this drawing
Support composed of paper ( faded blue-grey)
Drawing (image-making) : Black chalk, heightened with white on faded blue-grey paper
Accession number: 2970
Primary reference Number: 4193
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Study of a young man, turned right, leaning with right arm on pedestal" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4193 Accessed: 2023-06-10 22:34:33
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Accession Number: E.60.1946
Accession Number: PER.M.260-1923
Accession Number: 3123
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