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Group of Amorini, after Pietro Testa: 2059

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Group of Amorini, after Pietro Testa

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Schut, Cornelis I (Attributed to)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: L.B. Phillips, (Lugt 1716); Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 191 mm
Width: 292 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

School or Style

Flemish

Materials used in production

Black ink
Brown ink
Whitening

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( yellow-brown)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Point of the brush and black ink, highlighted with white - some oxidation on yellow-brown paper, with a line of brown ink bordering it on all sides

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Group of Cupids
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: ROME August (?)
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: (4 of the amoretti and traced in on the line in graphite)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Nogo / LBP
  • Location: Verso, upper left
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: Van Laurent (?)
  • Location: Verso, lower centre
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: No. 28
  • Location: Verso, lower centre
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: 210 (and) No. 2
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2059
Primary reference Number: 5235
Lugt: 1716
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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