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"Les Trois Soeurs": PD.48-1961

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

"Les Trois Soeurs"

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gandolfi, Mauro

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Legal notes

Bequeathed 1960, received 1961

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 226 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Note

Formerly attributed to Louis Léopold Boilly, French School

School or Style

Bolognese School

Materials used in production

Light brown ink
Watercolour

Components of the work

Support composed of vellum (skin)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Brush and light-brown ink, and watercolour on vellum

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: L. Boilly ft.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: F699/63 (sale room marking)
  • Location: Verso, frame
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: 21 -- Les Trois Soeurs / on lit en bas, a gauche: "L. Boilly" / Gouache circulaire sur velin. / Diam., 224 millim.
  • Location: Verso, frame
  • Method of creation: Cutting

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.48-1961
Primary reference Number: 6093

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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