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Study for a female figure in a spandrel
Draughtsman: Solimena, Francesco
Through the American Friends of Cambridge University.
Height: 234 mm
Width: 233 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 (1991) by Anonymous
A study for the female figure in the upper left spandrel of 'The Landing of the Ashes of St. John the Baptist at Genoa' (1715-17), formerly in the Senate, Genoa, destroyed by fire
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Graphite on paper
Accession number: PD.1-1991
Primary reference Number: 7874
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Study for a female figure in a spandrel" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7874 Accessed: 2023-06-04 15:32:33
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Accession Number: PD.71-1959
Accession Number: PD.49-1947
Accession Number: 1977
Accession Number: 1079/49
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