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Sheet of compositional studies
Draughtsman: Figino, Ambrogio Giovanni
History note: W. Young Ottley; his sale, London, T. Philipe, 10 June 1814, lot 539; Sir James Knowles; his sale, Christie's, 28 May 1908, part of lot 232; G.T. Clough
Height: 263 mm
Width: 394 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.
Light brown ink
Light-brown wash
Red chalk
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Pen and light brown ink, light brown wash, over red chalk, on paper
Accession number: 2959
Primary reference Number: 7353
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Sheet of compositional studies" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7353 Accessed: 2022-10-06 02:25:22
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Accession Number: PD.415-1995
Accession Number: PD.121-1948
Accession Number: 3007
Accession Number: PD.1-1956
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