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The Virgin teaching the infant Christ to read
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Maratti, Carlo
(Painter)
Depth: 9.8 cm
Height: 97.8 cm
Width: 102 cm
Width: 74 cm
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
(1842)
by
Mesman, Charles, the Rev.
Support:
composed of
canvas
Frame:
Height 126.2 cm
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: 131
Primary reference Number: 521
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/521 Accessed: 2022-01-16 19:19:32
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