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A couple in embrace
Vecellio, Tiziano
(Draughtsman)
History note: ?Sir P.P. Rubens; J. Richardson Sr. (Lugt 2183); Ricketts and Shannon
Height: 252 mm
Width: 258 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
White chalk
Black chalk
Charcoal
Support: composed of paper ( blue-grey)
Drawing (image-making) : Charcoal and black chalk with white highlights on faded blue-grey paper
Accession number: 2256
Primary reference Number: 7960
Lugt: 2183
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Drawing"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7960 Accessed: 2021-11-28 03:06:37
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Accession Number: PD.25-1947
Accession Number: P.14348-R-12
Accession Number: Marlay 40-pl.12
Accession Number: P.14347-R-L2
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