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A landscape, optically distorted: PD.54-1964

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

A landscape, optically distorted

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Severino da Cingoli, Ulisse (Attributed to)

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Notes

History note: With Colnaghi, from whom acquired by Sir Bruce Ingram, 1938; offered for sale by Ingram's Executor's, Sotheby's, 1 December 1964, lot 48, withdrawn

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1963, received 1964

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Grey-brown wash
Whitening

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( brown, laid down)
Paper Height 240 mm Width 328 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and brown ink, grey-brown wash heightened with white on brown paper, laid down

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  • Text: -10
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.54-1964
Primary reference Number: 7863

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

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

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