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Capriccio - a ruined building with statue and fountain in a niche: 3653

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Capriccio - a ruined building with statue and fountain in a niche
Carefully drawn architectural details, two faint sketches of ruins within a drawn outline

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Clérisseau, Charles Louis

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 458 mm
Width: 325 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Note

Same as 3652?, which seems to be similar to no. 3654 and six pen and ink additions.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Black wash
Chalk
Ink
Gouache

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Recto
Verso

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: DIVO ANTONIO AVEUE
  • Location: The frieze over the niche
  • Text: No 22
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3653
Primary reference Number: 6216

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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