The Adoration of the Magi: 238

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Adoration of the Magi

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Castello, Giovanni Battista (Genovese)

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Notes

History note: Unknown sale, lot 19, as 'Italian School'; Charles Brinsley Marlay; found amongst the Marlay cuttings after the publication of the catalogue by Wormald and Giles and transferred to the Department of Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Measurements and weight

Height: 223 mm
Width: 170 mm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

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Materials used in production

Gold
Silver
Bodycolour
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Bodycolour, point of the brush and ink with gold and silver highlights (some blackened by reduction)

Identification numbers

Accession number: 238
Primary reference Number: 7236
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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            University of Cambridge}}

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