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Ornamental design: urn and arabesques
Draughtsman: Dolci, Carlo (?)
Height: 93 mm
Width: 148 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: Given (1917-12) by Murray, Charles Fairfax
Perhaps drawn by Carlo Dolci
Support composed of laid paper
Drawing (image-making) : Pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
Accession number: 904*3 f.9
Primary reference Number: 9719
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Ornamental design: urn and arabesques" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/9719 Accessed: 2023-02-03 20:50:23
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Accession Number: 904*3 f.10
Accession Number: 904*3 f.11
Accession Number: PD.698-1973
Accession Number: PD.111-1992
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