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A river landscape with card players: PD.49-1972

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

A river landscape with card players

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Brizio, Francesco

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Notes

History note: Marquis de Lagoy (Lugt 1710); Count de Bianconi; Thomas Dimsdale (Lugt 2426); Sir Thomas Lawrence; Samuel Woodburn; Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (Lugt 2710b); by descent to John Sutherland Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland [on loan to the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery 1946-72] ; his sale, Sotherby's, 11 July 1972, no. 38; with Jeudwine;

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With additional funds from the S.G. Perceval Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 196 mm
Width: 294 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1972) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and brown ink on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Brity
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: No 33-della Collezione de Bianconi / d'Agostino Carracci ed uno dei / piu bei paesi a penna di questo / sommo Maestro / Bianconi
  • Location: Old mount
  • Text: N 30 Agostino Carracci / Bri <torz> ij,
  • Location: Old mount, verso
  • Text: Mss Le Goy
  • Location: Another mount

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.49-1972
Primary reference Number: 7201
Lugt: 1710
Lugt: 2426
Lugt: 2710b
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

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

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