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The Miracle of the loaves and fishes
Draughtsman: Cavedone, Giacomo
History note: Thomas Coke, 1st. Earl of Leicester, his mount with the attribution 'Cavedon' in the hand formerly identified as William Kent, by descent to Viscount Coke; his sale, Christie's, 2 July 1991, lot 18; with Thomas Williams
From the Gow Fund with contributions from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the Victoria and Albert Museum / Museum and Galleries Commission Regional Fund.
Height: 368 mm
Width: 240 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: Bought (1992) by Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd
Oil paint
Black ink
Brown wash
Black chalk
Varnish
Support composed of paper ( laid down)
Drawing : Black chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash heightened with white and yellow oil on varnished paper, laid down
Accession number: PD.9-1992
Primary reference Number: 7241
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: P.359-1948
Accession Number: 2995
Accession Number: PD.18-1958
Accession Number: PD.7-1984
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