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Birth of St John the Baptist Studies of a portrait and a mantlepiece
Draughtsman: Scarsellino (Ippolito Scarsella) (Attributed to)
History note: Sir J.C Robinson (Lugt 1433) (bought as by Pordenone), sold J.C. Robinson Sale Christie's, 13 May 1902, lot 273, bought by G.T. Clough for £32 (also in Palmerston Coll. according to Clough MS Catalogue)
Height: 171 mm
Width: 133 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 (1913-02) by Clough, G.T.
Support composed of paper ( blue)
Drawing : Recto: pen and wash, brown wash heightened with white oxidising verso: red chalk on blue paper
Accession number: 3136
Primary reference Number: 7849
Lugt: 1433
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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) "Birth of St John the Baptist" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7849 Accessed: 2023-01-31 17:07:29
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Accession Number: PD.6-1958
Accession Number: M.5-1949
Accession Number: P.6107-R
Accession Number: 1185
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