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Study of a head of a young man, looking up
Draughtsman: Cossiers, Jan
History note: Ricketts and Shannon
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 223 mm
Width: 193 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: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Formerly assigned to Sir Anthony van Dyck
White chalk
Black chalk
Red chalk
Support composed of laid paper
Drawing (image-making) : Black, red and white chalk, on laid paper
Accession number: 2183
Primary reference Number: 4460
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Study of a head of a young man, looking up" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4460 Accessed: 2023-02-08 18:14:45
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Accession Number: 2977
Accession Number: 2784.f40.a
Accession Number: 828.f.39
Accession Number: PD.54-1998
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