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Moses: 2113

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Moses

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) (School of)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Sir J.C. Robinson (1824-1913) (Lugt 1433); Charles Ricketts, A.R.A. (1866-1931) and Charles Shannon, R.A. (1863-1937) (Lugt 506a); on loan to the Museum since January 1933

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 280 mm
Width: 126 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Note

Copy after the figure of Moses in Perugino's fresco of the Prophets and Sibyls in the Collegio del Cambio in Perugia

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Whitening
Ink
Metal points

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Metalpoint and brush and ink on grey prepared surface heightened with white on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: MOISE
  • Location: Lower centre

Inscription present: partly rubbed

  • Text: ? ORIETUS .......................
  • Location: On the scroll
  • Text: N 37
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2113
Primary reference Number: 7694
Lugt: 1433
Lugt: 506a

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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