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Study of a climbing man, seen foreshortened holding a chisel
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista
(Draughtsman)
History note: ? Count Algarotti-Corniani; Edward Cheney, his sale, Sotheby's, 29 April 1885, part of lot 1042; E. Parsons; unidentified Irish collection; William Fagg of Sydenham; B.T.Batsford; Christie's sale 14 July 1914, part of lot 49; E. Parsons; Charles Ricketts, R.A. and Charles Shannon, R.A.
Height: 212 mm
Width: 160 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: Bequeathed
(1937)
by
Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Support: composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Pen and dark brown ink, grey brown wash, on paper
Accession number: 2237
Primary reference Number: 7883
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7883 Accessed: 2021-11-28 00:16:48
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Accession Number: PD.26-1947
Accession Number: 3166
Accession Number: 1055
Accession Number: PD.66-1959
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