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The Education of Achilles
Draughtsman: Cipriani, Giovanni Battista
History note: Sotheby 1901 (?) lot 464; bt. together with Nos. 3304 and 3305
From the University Purchase Fund.
Height: 209 mm
Width: 195 mm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1901) by Mayer, Joseph
Preparatory study for the painting of Chiron instructing Achilles with the bow, painted for an ante-room at Lansdowne House.
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Pen and black ink, watercolour on paper
Accession number: 3303
Primary reference Number: 7259
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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