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Group of Apostles from the Ascension of Christ
Draughtsman: Mantegna, Andrea (Copy after)
Height: 33 mm
Width: 225 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: Deposited (1925-03) by University Library Syndicate
Bodycolour
Brown ink
Brown wash
Grey-brown wash
Support composed of paper ( stuck down)
Drawing : Brown ink applied with pen and brush, heightened with white body wash colouring on grey brown washed paper, with brown wash border, stuck down
Inscription present: same ink as the drawing
Accession number: 3046
Primary reference Number: 7562
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Group of Apostles from the Ascension of Christ" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7562 Accessed: 2023-01-29 16:52:28
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Accession Number: Marlay cutting It. 63
Accession Number: PD.3-2001
Accession Number: Marlay cutting Z. 10a
Accession Number: 2204
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