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Sheet of Studies for 'The Finding of Moses'
Draughtsman: Veronese (Paolo Caliari)
History note: Sir Peter Lely (Lugt 2092); Jonathan Richardson Senior (Lugt 2184); Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364); A.M. Champernowne (Lugt 153); G. Bellingham-Smith; Tancred Borenius; Captain N. Colville
Accepted in lieu of death duties and allocated to the Museum.
Height: 308 mm
Width: 210 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: Allocated (1977) by H.M. Treasury
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen, brown ink and brown wash on paper
Inscription present: see drawing for symbol represented by (Y)
Accession number: PD.21-1977
Primary reference Number: 8012
Lugt: 2092
Lugt: 2184
Lugt: 2364
Lugt: 153
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) "Sheet of Studies for 'The Finding of Moses'" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/8012 Accessed: 2023-05-30 01:18:24
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Accession Number: 389
Accession Number: C.2804.36-1928
Accession Number: PD.10-1978
Accession Number: PD.5-1958
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