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The marriage of Alexander and Roxana
Attributed to
Penni, Giovanni Francesco (il Fattore)
(Draughtsman)
History note: Richard Cosway (1740-1821, L.268 lr. R); his sale, 14-22 February 1822, 5th day, Stanley's, lot 1027 (as Raphael: "Alexander and Roxana", a washed drawing of the Painting in Raphael's Villa at Rome); Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A.
Height: 222 mm
Width: 338 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
(1943)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
School of Raffaello Sanzio
Black chalk
Brown ink
Grey-brown wash
Support composed of paper ( light brown, stuck down)
Drawing (image-making) : Pen, brown ink, grey brown wash, with traces of black chalk underdrawing on light brown paper, stuck down
Accession number: 2625
Primary reference Number: 7756
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"The marriage of Alexander and Roxana"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7756 Accessed: 2022-05-25 16:48:25
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Accession Number: P.4165-R
Accession Number: P.123-1950
Accession Number: PD.34-2005
Accession Number: M.26
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