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Study for a kneeling male figure
Draughtsman: Franco, Battista
History note: Jonathan Richardson Sr (Lugt 2984); Guy J.F. Knowles
Height: 143 mm
Width: 152 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1958) by Knowles, Guy John Fenton
Two separate studies: on the left, an incomplete drawing of a leg; in the centre, a characteristically fluid study of a kneeling male figure.
Support composed of card ( carta azzura)
Drawing : Black chalk, pen and black ink on faded carta azzura
Accession number: PD.34-1958
Primary reference Number: 7368
Lugt: 2984
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Study for a kneeling male figure" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/7368 Accessed: 2023-04-01 15:43:36
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Accession Number: 2177
Accession Number: PD.34-1998
Accession Number: 2254
Accession Number: 2038A
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