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Capriccio - farm (?) and ruins in landscape: 3645

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Capriccio - farm (?) and ruins in landscape

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 220 mm
Width: 345 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1821) by Whittaker, J. W.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black chalk
Watercolour
Ink
Gouache

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( mounted)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour, gouache, pen and ink over traces of black chalk, on paper, mounted on two pages of French history of Numa Pompilius
Pen and ink

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: No 52
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3645
Primary reference Number: 6206
Stable URI

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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