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Design for a ceiling decoration with the Virgin in Glory
Draughtsman: Alberti, Cherubino
History note: With Luca Baroni (Colnaghi Ltd)
Bought from the Biffen Fund, 1993.
Height: 277 mm
Width: 334 mm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1993) by The Biffen Fund
Production date: circa AD 1609 : Date of commision by Pope Paul V to submit designs for the decoration of the vault.
Apears from the inscription on the verso to be Cherubino's proposed design for the cupola of the Capella Paolina in the Roman church of Sta. Maria Maggiore.
Grey wash
Brown ink
Brown wash
Yellow wash
Black chalk
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen and brown ink, brown wash with touches of yellow and grey wash, over traces of black chalk, on paper
Accession number: PD.52-1993
Primary reference Number: 7029
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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