Sheet of studies: The young Hercules; Sleeping Venus: PD.10-1959

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sheet of studies: The young Hercules; Sleeping Venus
Sheet of studies; caricatures, male nudes, gourds and fruit

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Carracci, Agostino

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: F. Astar (Lugt 116a); Benedict Nicolson; with H. Calmann

Measurements and weight

Height: 578 mm
Width: 307 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1959) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black ink
Black chalk
Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( the paper folded down the middle, cut down)
Medium, Verso composed of brown ink

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Recto: black and red chalks, a line of black ink acts as a border on all sides verso: pen and brown ink on paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: Agostino Caraxxus
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Ink

Text: di questo signa / ...
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Ink

Text: (numbered with an account totalling) 49.15
Location: Verso

References and bibliographic entries

'The chalk drawings of Lodovico Carracci' page(s): 422

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.10-1959
Primary reference Number: 7227
Lugt: 116a
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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