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Tomb of Cecilia Metella: 3693 f.35

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Titles

Tomb of Cecilia Metella

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Busiri, Giovanni Battista

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Notes

History note: General Sir George Cockburn; Shanganagh Library; Spencer George Perceval

Measurements and weight

Height: 222 mm
Width: 166 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Note

Busiri Vici, p. 97, pl. 93. Two gouache drawings of Cecilia Metella's Tomb seen from this viewpoint are in Rome, one in the Busiri Vici collection, the other in a private collection. Other drawings of the tomb are in the Fitzwilliam sketch-book, ff.33 and 47, there are two in the British Museum and one in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. There are also two other gouaches of it in the collection of Sir Brinsley Ford, London.

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and brown ink on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Capo di bove (in Busiri's hand)
  • Location: Verso of preceding sheet
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: (Caecilia Metella) (in Ashby's hand)
  • Location: Verso of preceding sheet
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 34
  • Location: Verso of preceding folio
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3693 f.35
Primary reference Number: 9808

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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