Two head studies of a youth looking down; study for the Virgin of the Annunciation; two standing women, one holding a baby: PD.1-2003

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Two head studies of a youth looking down; study for the Virgin of the Annunciation; two standing women, one holding a baby
Head of a youth in profile to left; two head studies of a youth looking down; four separate studies for the Virgin of the Annunciation

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Polidoro Caldara)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Mrs T.H. Riches; her sale, Sotheby's 29 November 1950, part of lot 21; Hans Calmann; Philip Pouncey; Myril Pouncey, acquired from her executors [withdrawn from sale at Sotheby's, New York, 21 January 2003, lot 6]

Legal notes

From the Gow and Rylands funds with a contribution from the National Art Collections Fund, 2003.

Measurements and weight

Height: 110 mm
Width: 156 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (2003) by Executors of Myril Pouncey

Dating

Circa 1527 - 1528

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Red chalk on paper, losses upper left, left corner, top left

References and bibliographic entries

Polidoro da Caravaggio page(s): 322-3
'Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio' page(s): 320
Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio page(s): 169
'Polidoro alla Pietra del pesce' page(s): 28-30
I Dipinti di Polidoro da Caravvio per la chiesa della Pescheria a Napoli page(s): 22-3
'Forastieri e regnicoli' page(s): 58-63, 68-9
Andrea da Salerno nel Rinascimento meridionale page(s): 163
La Pittura in Italia: Il Cinquecento page(s): 440

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.1-2003
Primary reference Number: 82780
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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