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Design for a flagon with a lion's head
Draughtsman: Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi) (Attributed to)
History note: Gonzaga family (?); J.C. Robinson, his sale, 14 March 1902, part of lot 317, bought by G.T. Clough
Height: 142 mm
Width: 65 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 (1913) by Clough, G.T.
Support composed of paper ( cut in profile and is laid down on a rectangular sheet of paper)
Drawing : Pen and brown ink, brown wash on paper, laid down
Accession number: 3001A
Primary reference Number: 7422
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 (2022) "Design for a flagon with a lion's head" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/7422 Accessed: 2022-12-08 00:13:12
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/7422
|title=Design for a flagon with a lion's head
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-12-08 00:13:12|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-7422
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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Accession Number: 3001C
Accession Number: M.1-1994
Accession Number: GR.2.1984
Accession Number: O.11-1947
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