Study of cattle Study of a standing female figure and 5 sketches of medallions for decorative frescoes (?)
Draughtsman: Claude Lorrain
History note: Queen Christina of Sweden; Prince Odescalchi; Anon. sale; Count Donato, Sanminiatelli, Sotheby's, 20 November 1957, part of lot 67, bt. H.M. Calmann (£2,500)
From the Walter Butterworth Fund.
Height: 102 mm
Width: 156 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: Bought (1963) by Calmann, H.M.
Support
composed of
paper
Medium, Verso
composed of
brown ink
Drawing : Recto: black chalk on paper; verso: pen and brown ink
Accession number: PD.954-1963
Primary reference Number: 6414
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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