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Grotesque Head
Draughtsman: Ribera, Jusepe de (lo Spagnoletto)
The man is afflicted with fatty protuberances, not warts nor goitre
Height: 207 mm
Width: 146 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 (1958) by Knowles, Guy John Fenton
1622 - 1625
The drawing is probably preparatory tothe etchings by Ribera of Grotesque Heads with warts (see: Bartsch 8 and 9)
Support composed of paper ( discoloured white)
Drawing : Red chalk on discoloured white paper
Accession number: PD.26-1958
Primary reference Number: 6006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Grotesque Head" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6006 Accessed: 2023-06-01 13:17:00
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Accession Number: OC.88-1938
Accession Number: MAR.M.221-1912
Accession Number: GR.122.1937
Accession Number: P.14345-R-84
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