Two grotesque masks: 2979

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Two grotesque masks

Maker(s)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Padre Resta?; Giovanni Marchetti? Chevalier Marchetti, John Talman (d.1726); John Lord Somers?; The Rev. Thomas Kerrich (1748-1828), father of the donor, his MS Catalogue (in possession of OEP Wyatt, 1967), p. 22

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Measurements and weight

Height: 131 mm
Width: 193 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Light brown ink
Light-brown wash
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen, light-brown ink, light-brown wash over traces of black chalk, on paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2979
Primary reference Number: 4647
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 27 August 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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