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Head of a boy with a book
Draughtsman: Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista
In accordance with the wishes of the late W. Barclay Squire, M.A., by his sister and executrix, Mrs Fuller Maitland
Height: 368 mm
Width: 308 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 (1927) by Fuller Maitland, Mrs
Support composed of paper ( blue (faded))
Drawing (image-making) : Black and white chalks on faded blue paper
Accession number: 1193c
Primary reference Number: 7702
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Head of a boy with a book" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7702 Accessed: 2023-05-28 16:18:45
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Accession Number: 1193d
Accession Number: E.GA.4338.1943
Accession Number: O.16-1938
Accession Number: E.GA.4758.1943
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