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St Sebastian: 3091

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

St Sebastian

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) (Circle of)

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Notes

History note: Anonymous French collection; ?Jonathan Richardson Junior; Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Height: 252 mm
Width: 127 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Ground (material)
Whitening
Bistre
Metal points

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Metalpoint, bistre pen and ink on buff-coloured ground, heightened with white, on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: fo-41.N0-49 / Gentil Belin, fil. de J. Belin
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: There is this by Perugino / in the Scairra Colonna / in the same room as the Salvatore opposite it (this refers to a St Sebastian by Perugino, now in the Louvre (no. 1566; reprod. W. Bombe, Perugino, Klassiker der Kunst, 1914, pl. 30))
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 3091
Primary reference Number: 7679
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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