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Christ taking leave of his mother
Draughtsman: Nucci, Avanzino
History note: Anonymous, V.G.W. (Lugt 2515); Sir Henry Williams Wyner; Charles Clarke; Grace Clarke; Louis C.G. Clarke
Height: 269 mm
Width: 182 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: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Black chalk
Brown ink
Grey-brown wash
Whitening
Support composed of paper ( faded blue)
Drawing : Pen and brown ink, grey-brown wash, heightened with white on faded blue paper, with traces of black chalk
Accession number: PD.28-1961
Primary reference Number: 7614
Lugt: 2515
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Christ taking leave of his mother" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7614 Accessed: 2022-12-03 02:22:48
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Accession Number: AD.1.18-564
Accession Number: P.3265-R
Accession Number: P.4290-R-57
Accession Number: 3704
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