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A ruined towngate
Draughtsman: Velde, Esaias I van de
History note: (Colnaghi no. A.2565); Sir Bruce Ingram (Lugt 1405a)
Height: 127 mm
Width: 169 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 (1963) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir
Production date: circa AD 1629 : from a sketch book of c.1629
Another drawing of this subject is in Turin
Grey wash
Brown wash
Black chalk
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Black chalk, grey wash, brown wash, on paper
Accession number: PD.772-1963
Primary reference Number: 5410
Lugt: 1405a
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: 3424
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