The betrayal of Christ: 2255

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The betrayal of Christ

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Tassi, Agostino (Attributed)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: The so-called double numbering collector; Jonathan Richardson Junior [?]; Dr Barr Delany; Charles Ricketts R.A. and Charles Shannon R.A.

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 94 mm
Width: 100 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

School or Style

Italian
Venetian School

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen and brown ink on paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: Tiziano
Location: Top right
Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: unidentified collector's mark

Text: 55
Location: Recto
Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: unidentified collector's mark

Text: Cinquanta cinque
Location: Recto
Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: perhaps from an account book

Text: ../... la casacchia.../...zione occasini [?] sa..aleg[?]./ ..ca..m[?]i dodeq..q..'
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Brown ink

Text: No 49
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Ink

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2255
Primary reference Number: 7958
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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