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The Adoration of the Magi: 238

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Adoration of the Magi

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Castello, Giovanni Battista (Genovese)

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Notes

History note: Unknown sale, lot 19, as 'Italian School'; Charles Brinsley Marlay; found amongst the Marlay cuttings after the publication of the catalogue by Wormald and Giles and transferred to the Department of Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Measurements and weight

Height: 223 mm
Width: 170 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Gold
Silver
Bodycolour
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Bodycolour, point of the brush and ink with gold and silver highlights (some blackened by reduction)

Identification numbers

Accession number: 238
Primary reference Number: 7236

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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