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A thatched barn: PD.128-1961

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A thatched barn
A sketch for a figure with right arm raised(1); unidentified subject(2)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista

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Notes

History note: Alphonse Legros; Sir E.J. Poynter; Poynter Sale, Sotheby's, 25 April 1918, lot 179b; bt. Agnew for Charles B.O. Clarke; Louis C.G. Clarke

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1960.

Measurements and weight

Height: 160 mm
Width: 257 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Note

Sketch verso in a similar posture to the Fitzwilliam drawing of the same subject (no. 2238).

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Brown wash
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Recto: pen, brown ink and wash verso: sketch (1): pen and brown ink; sketch (2): black chalk and brown wash on paper

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.128-1961
Primary reference Number: 7931
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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