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Study of a sleeping woman
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; Guy J. F. Knowles
From the Cheney Album.
Height: 202 mm
Width: 156 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
Drawing : Pen and light-brown ink, light-brown wash, on paper
Accession number: PD.26-1959
Primary reference Number: 7923
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Study of a sleeping woman" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7923 Accessed: 2023-01-31 21:37:58
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Accession Number: PD.66-1959
Accession Number: PD.27-1999
Accession Number: 1991A.f.1
Accession Number: 154
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