The Assumption of Mary Magdalene (?): PD.43-1958

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Assumption of Mary Magdalene (?)
St Anthony of Padua kissing the Infant Jesus' foot, as He blesses him

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Trotti, Giovanni Battista (Malosso) (Attributed to)

Entities

Drawing

Measurements and weight

Height: 287 mm
Width: 197 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: Given (1958-02-27) by Knowles, Guy John Fenton

Note

Perhaps by Euclide Trotti

Possibly by Andrea Mainardi

Possibly by Andrea Scutillari

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Brown wash
Graphite
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( pasted down)

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Recto: pen and brown ink, wash, squared in graphite for transfer, on paper, pasted down verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk, drawn on the backing paper in a different hand from the recto

Inscription or legends present

Text: Malosso
Location: Backing paper, lower left
Method of creation: Brown ink

Text: malossino .....L 0[?] - 20-
Location: Verso, lower left
Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: illegible [erased]

Location: Backing paper, verso
Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: ink inscription now erased

Text: Ligozzi
Location: Backing paper
Method of creation: Black chalk

Text: il malosso
Location: Backing paper
Method of creation: Black chalk

Text: 290
Location: Backing paper
Method of creation: Black chalk

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.43-1958
Primary reference Number: 7976
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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