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A couple in embrace
Draughtsman: Vecellio, Tiziano
History note: ?Sir P.P. Rubens; J. Richardson Sr. (Lugt 2183); Ricketts and Shannon
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
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
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "A couple in embrace" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7960 Accessed: 2023-01-26 23:50:17
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|title=A couple in embrace
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-01-26 23:50:17|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<div class="text-center"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp13/2256.jpg" alt="A couple in embrace" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">A couple in embrace</figcaption> </figure> </div>
Accession Number: P.14348-R-12
Accession Number: P.14347-R-L2
Accession Number: P.14349-R-20
Accession Number: P.14346-R-43
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