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A capriccio with the pyramid of Cestius
Draughtsman: Busiri, Giovanni Battista
History note: General Sir George Cockburn; Shanganagh Library; Spencer George Perceval
Height: 222 mm
Width: 166 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
Busiri Vici, p. 86, pl. 55. Other drawings with the pyramid of Cestius are on ff. 45, 48, 54, 82 and 86 of the Fitzwilliam sketch-book and there are four drawings of it in the British Museum (Busiri Vici pl. 56-59); Busiri Vici also illustrates two gouaches, one in a private collection, Rome, the other in Sir Brinsley Ford's collection, London, and a painting in the Busiri Vici collection, Rome.
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen and brown ink on paper
Accession number: 3693 f.25
Primary reference Number: 9795
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Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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