A group of four figures in adoration: PD.95-1961

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A group of four figures in adoration

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Corneille, Michel (Attributed to)

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Notes

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

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1960.

Measurements and weight

Height: 220 mm
Width: 214 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Note

Formerly attributed to Nicholas Poussin, this drawing was re-attributed to Corneille by Pierre Rosenberg in 1986

School or Style

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Brown wash
Whitening
Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

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)

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.95-1961
Primary reference Number: 6251
Lugt: 2112
Lugt: 874
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 24 May 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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