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The Infant Christ
Draughtsman: Bartolomeo, Fra (Attributed to)
History note: Probably from the collection of Sir J.C. Robinson; Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon (Lugt 506a); on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1933-37
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 268 mm
Width: 235 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
A fragment, showing the Infant Christ on the lap of the Virgin, of a cartoon for a picture; the head of the Christ child has been cut out; the lap of the Virgin has only roughly been indicated
Support composed of paper ( buff)
Drawing (image-making) : Black chalk, heightened with white on buff paper
Accession number: 2260
Primary reference Number: 8013
Lugt: 506a
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Infant Christ" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/8013 Accessed: 2023-01-31 14:03:00
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Accession Number: 131
Accession Number: AD.5.22-55
Accession Number: 31.K.12-95
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