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Walls of San Quirico d' Orca: 3693 f.39

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Object information

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Titles

Walls of San Quirico d' Orca

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Busiri, Giovanni Battista

Entities

Categories

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. 131, pl. 211. Another view of these walls is on f.40; a brown wash drawing of them was formerly in the collection of Dr Carl Winter

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: San quirico per andare Siena (in Busiri's hand)
  • Location: Verso of preceding folio
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: 38
  • Location: Verso of preceding folio
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3693 f.39
Primary reference Number: 9814
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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