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Study of male nude, seated on clouds with legs crossed, and holding an oar
Draughtsman: Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista
History note: ?Count Algarotti-Corniani; Edward Cheney, his sale, Sotheby's 29 April 1885, part of lot 1042; E.Parsons; Irish collection; William Fagg of Sydenham; B.T. Batsford; Christie's 14 July 1914, part of lot 49; E.Parsons; Charles Ricketts R.A. and Charles Shannon R.A.
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 260 mm
Width: 195 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
Dark-brown wash
Dark-brown ink
Support composed of paper ( stuck down)
Drawing (image-making) : Pen and dark-brown ink, dark-brown wash, on paper, stuck down onto another sheet of paper
Accession number: 2243
Primary reference Number: 7896
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: 2251
Accession Number: 2253
Accession Number: 2238
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