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Boy and a donkey in a landscape with shepherdesses, cows and sheep: 2025

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An image of Drawing
Current Location: In storage

Titles

Boy and a donkey in a landscape with shepherdesses, cows and sheep

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Roos, Jan (I)

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Notes

History note: Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 258 mm
Width: 370 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Red chalk on paper, laid down

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 31
  • Location: Verso, mount
  • Method of creation: Black ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2025
Primary reference Number: 7809

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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