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The Baptism of Christ
Draughtsman: Aachen, Hans von
History note: From the collections of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) (Lugt 2094); unidentified collection (Lugt 2925); the Earl of Warwick (1818-1893) (Lugt 2600), Sale Christies's, 21 May 1896, lot 335, bt. by H. Quilter (£1 as by Rottenhammer); (G.T. Clough gives the collection mark as that of the Quilter Coll.)
Height: 292 mm
Width: 231 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: Given (1913-02) by Clough, G.T.
1574 - 1588
Formerly attributed to Johann Rottenhammer [1564-1625]; probably drawn in van Aachen's Italian period
Bistre wash
Whitening
Black chalk
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Black chalk, heightened with white, bistre pen and wash, on paper
Accession number: 2856
Primary reference Number: 5742
Lugt: 2094
Lugt: 2925
Lugt: 2600
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Baptism of Christ" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/5742 Accessed: 2023-06-01 04:38:46
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Accession Number: PD.4-2013
Accession Number: 633
Accession Number: MS 199.4
Accession Number: 22.I.10-82
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