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Design for an aspergillum
Draughtsman: Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi)
History note: Gonzaga family (?); J.C. Robinson, his sale, Christie's, 14 March 1902, part of lot 317, bought G.T. Clough
Height: 172 mm
Width: 176 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.
Previously considered to have been a design for table ware, perhaps related to the set commissioned by Federico Gonzaga between 1524-26, Philip Pouncey's identification of the design as an aspergillum or holy water sprinkler means that this must have been for a different commission
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen and brown ink, brown wash, on paper
Accession number: 3000
Primary reference Number: 7411
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: O.195-1946
Accession Number: 2908A
Accession Number: PD.884-1963
Accession Number: PD.168-1985
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