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Design for a ceiling decoration, with suggestions for variant borders: PD.74-1996

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Design for a ceiling decoration, with suggestions for variant borders

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Alberti, Cherubino (Attributed to)
Draughtsman: Alberti, Giovanni (Attributed to)

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Notes

History note: With Paul Prouté, Paris; Lodewijk Houthakker (collector's mark, not in Lugt, lower right); with Luca Baroni (Colnaghi Ltd)

Measurements and weight

Height: 547 mm
Width: 410 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1996) by Luca Baroni (Colnaghi Ltd)

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1580

Note

?Either of the above

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Brown wash
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over graphite, bordered on all sides by a line of brown ink, on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Per il volto della sala della Margarita
  • Location: Above, top
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: (marked with a scale)
  • Location: Above right edge
  • Text: 32050 / 15000 // 47050
  • Location: Above, right

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.74-1996
Primary reference Number: 7024
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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