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Nude woman standing: PD.57-1973

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Nude woman standing

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Liss, Johann (Pan) (Attributed to)

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Description

Based on a woman in the far left of Palma Vecchio's 'Women bathing' in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Notes

History note: Leo Franklyn, London; Kurt Meisner, Zurich

Legal notes

From the Cunliffe Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 391 mm
Width: 251 mm

Relative size of this object

25.1 m39.1 m What does this represent?

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1973) by Meisner, Kurt

Note

Considered to be a fake by Nicholas Turner

School or Style

German School

Materials used in production

White chalk
Yellow chalk
Green chalk
Red-brown chalk
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( buff)

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Black and red brown chalk with yellow, green and white chalks on buff paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: AP (or) AEP / J.A. Watteau
  • Location: Verso, lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 10
  • Location: Verso, lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.57-1973
Primary reference Number: 5969
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 24 May 2022 Last processed: Monday 25 July 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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