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Hercules and the apples of the Hesperides
Morandi, Giovanni Maria
(Draughtsman)
History note: A.A. VanSittart (1824-1882)
Height: 260 mm
Width: 319 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
(1862)
by
VanSittart, Augustus Arthur
Support: composed of paper
Drawing : Red chalk, heightened with white and squared for transfer in red chalk; margins ruled in red ink, on paper
Accession number: 3060
Primary reference Number: 7603
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7603 Accessed: 2021-11-27 23:58:27
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Accession Number: PD.155-1985
Accession Number: CM.LS.1544-R
Accession Number: 832/7.f.27
Accession Number: 832/7.f.26
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