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The head of a rider, mauled by a lion, after Rubens
Draughtsman: Jordaens, Jacob
History note: Ricketts and Shannon; on loan to the Museum from 1933
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 220 mm
Width: 246 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 Peter Paul Rubens
White chalk
Black chalk
Red chalk
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Black and red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on paper
Accession number: 2184
Primary reference Number: 4752
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The head of a rider, mauled by a lion, after Rubens" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4752 Accessed: 2023-05-31 05:25:44
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Accession Number: 242
Accession Number: 2235
Accession Number: 230
Accession Number: PD.13-1980
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