Three Apostles (copy of part of the Cenacolo di Foligno, S. Onofrio, Florence): 3019

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Three Apostles (copy of part of the Cenacolo di Foligno, S. Onofrio, Florence)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) (Copy after)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Padre Sebastiano Resta (1635-1714); Giov. Matteo Marchetti, Bishop of Arezzo (d. 1704); Chevalier Marchetti da Pistoja; sold through John Talman (d. 1726) in 1710 to John, Lord Somers (1650-1716) (Lugt 2981); the Rev. Thomas Kerrich (1748-1828) (as by Cosimo Rosselli, 1439-1507)

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Measurements and weight

Height: 198 mm
Width: 269 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Pink chalk
Whitening
Red chalk
Indian ink
Metal points

Components of the work

Support composed of prepared paper ( cream coloured)

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Metalpoint and brush and Indian ink on prepared surface, cream coloured, heightened with white and pink, (white partly oxidised), some pen and red chalk on paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: Il Papas (?) o di Sisto IV duro dell'anno 1471 (?) al 14... (in Padre Resta'a hand)
Location: Lower right corner

Inscription present: faint

Text: Pietro Perugino
Location: Lower right corner
Method of creation: Red chalk

Inscription present: faint

Text: g.62 (Lord Somer's mark)
Location: Lower right corner
Method of creation: Red chalk

References and bibliographic entries

Lansdowne MS 802
Mss. Catalogue of the Kerrich Collection page(s): 19

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3019
Primary reference Number: 7692
Lugt: 2981
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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