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Adoration of the Shepherds
Draughtsman: Bassano, Jacopo (Jacopo da Ponte) (Copy after)
History note: Sir J. Reynolds (Lugt 2364); Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A.
Height: 273 mm
Width: 395 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: Given (1943) by Brangwyn, Frank
The drawing follows the perforations on the paper; this may account for its crude quality; it has life in parts, e.g. the donkey's head on the left
Support composed of paper ( light brown, several oil stains)
Drawing (image-making) : Quill pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on light brown paper, perforated for transfer
Accession number: 2821
Primary reference Number: 7082
Lugt: 2364
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Adoration of the Shepherds" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7082 Accessed: 2023-02-01 10:55:55
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Accession Number: PD.3-2013
Accession Number: C.2821C-1928
Accession Number: PD.33-1986
Accession Number: 138
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