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View of a town with a fortified castle, landscape in foreground
Draughtsman: Vecellio, Tiziano (Circle of)
History note: From the collection of Charles Ricketts, A.R.A. (1866-1931) and Charles Shannon, R.A. (1863-1937) (Lugt 506a); on loan to the Museum from January 1933 to March 1937
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 135 mm
Width: 253 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: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Brown ink
Brown wash
Blue wash
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Pen and brown ink, brown wash, on pale blue washed paper
Accession number: 2126
Primary reference Number: 6884
Lugt: 506a
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "View of a town with a fortified castle, landscape in foreground" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6884 Accessed: 2023-06-02 06:21:15
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Accession Number: 226
Accession Number: PD.6-1976
Accession Number: PD.91-1963
Accession Number: 379
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