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The Council of Nicaea

Image attached to PD.37-2001

An image of Title/s: The Council of Nicaea (recto title) 
Maker/s: Nebbia, Cesare (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, c.1536-c.1614]
Production Notes: The drawing is an early study for the fresco dateable 1588-89 in the Salone Sistino in the Vatican Library 
Technique Description: recto: pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on three sheets of paper, joined together
Dimensions: height: 245 mm, width: 528 mm

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Title/s: The Council of Nicaea (recto title) Maker/s: Nebbia, Cesare (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian artist, c.1536-c.1614] Production Notes: The drawing is an early study for the fresco dateable 1588-89 in the Salone Sistino in the Vatican Library Technique Description: recto: pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on three sheets of paper, joined together Dimensions: height: 245 mm, width: 528 mm

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  • Accession Number: PD.37-2002 recto
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Image height: 361 pixels
  • Image width: 760 pixels
  • Processed with: ACD Systems Digital Imaging
  • Filesize: 52.16kB

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