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St Agnes (?): 3113A

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

St Agnes (?)
Study of a seated female

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Monti, Francesco (Bolognese) (Attributed to)

Entities

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Measurements and weight

Height: 127 mm
Width: 103 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1862) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Brown ink
White chalk
Brown wash
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of prepared paper ( grey-green)

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk on paper washed grey-green

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: in 1968 Sir Anthony Blunt gave the following information - "The inscription is in a hand that occurs frequently on drawings in Windsor and known as 'the misleading hand' on the grounds that its attributions are invariably wrong" (see also No. 3132)

  • Text: VRoli
  • Location: Below right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: 888
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3113A
Primary reference Number: 7799
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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