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Design for a fountain: 2129

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Design for a fountain
Architectural design (?)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Flötner, Peter (Circle of)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Sir Nathaniel Hone (1863-1783) (Lugt 2793); Charles Ricketts, A.R.A. (1866-1931) and Charles Shannon R.A., (1863-1937); on loan to the Museum from January 1933 - March 1937

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 197 mm
Width: 149 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Note

A similar drawing attributed to Flotner is in the Staatsgallerie Stuttgart.

School or Style

German School

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( buff-coloured)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Recto: pen and brown ink verso: black chalk on buff-coloured paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2129
Primary reference Number: 5805
Lugt: 2793

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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