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Allegory of Sight
Draughtsman: Goltzius, Hendrik
History note: Julian G. Lousada, sold Sotheby's, 7 March 1947, lot 24 (as a study for a 'Diana'), bt. P. & D. Colnaghi; from whom bought by Sir Bruce Ingram (Lugt 1405a), June 1947
Height: 316 mm
Width: 207 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir
1598 CE - 1600 CE
One of a series of the Five Senses. 'Touch' is in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; 'Taste' is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York; 'Smell' is in the collection of Eugene Thaw, New York; 'Hearing' is in a private collection in Belgium. The figure has been variously identified as Juno, Diana and Venus.
Grey wash
Whitening
Black chalk
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Black chalk and grey wash, heightened with white, traces of colour, on paper
Accession number: PD.355-1963
Primary reference Number: 4670
Lugt: 1405a
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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