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Study for an altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with SS John the Evangelist and Sebastian
Draughtsman: Lorenzo di Credi
History note: J. Zoomer (Lugt 1511); Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. (Lugt 2364); Count Moritz von Fries (Lugt 2903); Charles Brinsley Marlay
Height: 197 mm
Width: 182 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: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Yellowish-grey wash
Whitening
Ground (material)
Metal points
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Metalpoint on yellowish-grey washed ground, heightened with white, on paper
Accession number: 2932
Primary reference Number: 7288
Lugt: 1511
Lugt: 2364
Lugt: 2903
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: 3035
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