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Female figure, seated on clouds, holding a palm branch
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; sale Christie's 14 July 1914, part of lot 49; E.Parsons; Guy J.F.Knowles
From the Cheney Album.
Height: 243 mm
Width: 185 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 (1959-05) by Knowles, Guy John Fenton
Support composed of paper ( stuck down on card)
Drawing : Pen and light-brown ink, light-brown wash, on paper, stuck down on card
Accession number: PD.20-1959
Primary reference Number: 7910
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: 2245
Accession Number: M.25-1929
Accession Number: PD.139-1948
Accession Number: MS McClean 201.13t
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