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Boreas raping Orizia
Farinati, Paolo
(Draughtsman)
History note: Sir Peter Lely (Lugt 2092); William Gibson (Lugt Supplement, 2885); Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., (Lugt 2964); Dr. H. Wellesley; his sale, Sotheby's, 3rd day, 27th June 1866, lot 529, as 'Jupiter carrying a nymph in his arms'; Sir James Knowles; his sale, Christie's, 28 May 1908, part of lot 232; G.T. Clough
Height: 285 mm
Width: 416 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: Given
(1913)
by
Clough, G.T.
For Villa Giovanelli, Noventa Padovana
Brown ink
Brown wash
Whitening
Support composed of card ( faded carta azzura)
Drawing (image-making) : Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white on faded carta azzura
Inscription present: in the artist's hand
Inscription present: crossed out; in the artist's hand
Inscription present: in the artist's hand
Inscription present: in the artist's hand
Inscription present: in the artist's hand
Inscription present: different hand
Inscription present: different hand
Accession number: 2956
Primary reference Number: 7329
Lugt: 2092
Lugt: 2885
Lugt: 2964
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Boreas raping Orizia"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7329 Accessed: 2022-05-22 18:30:27
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Accession Number: GR.1.2016
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