A group of four figures in adoration
Draughtsman: Corneille, Michel (Attributed to)
History note: Paul Sandby (Lugt 2112); Sir E.J. Poynter (Lugt 874); Poynter sale, Sotheby's, 25 April 1918, lot 230, bt. Agnew for Charles B.O. Clarke; Louis. C.G. Clarke
Bequeathed 1960.
Height: 220 mm
Width: 214 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Formerly attributed to Nicholas Poussin, this drawing was re-attributed to Corneille by Pierre Rosenberg in 1986
Brown ink
Brown wash
Whitening
Red chalk
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen, brush, brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (partly oxidised) and squared in red chalk, on paper (part of the underdrawing in red chalk)
Accession number: PD.95-1961
Primary reference Number: 6251
Lugt: 2112
Lugt: 874
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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