drawing; sketch-book

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Object Type: drawing; sketch-book
Museum number: 1855,0811.37
Description: The Jacopo Bellini album: The Conversion of St Paul, the saint in the centre knocked backwards by a blinding light from his fallen horse, a group of horsemen around him, with God the Father in the sky above surrounded by cherubim the composition continued to the left-hand page of the opening, 1855,0811.36 verso Leadpoint, the rays of light drawn with a ruler Verso: An arched pergola with figures and a dog passing through it, a horseman to the left, the composition continued from St Martin sharing his cloak on the right-hand page of the opening, 1855,0811.38 recto Leadpoint, some of the architecture drawn with the aid of a ruler and a compass
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Production date: 1440-1470
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Dimensions: Height: 416 millimetres; Width: 333 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See 1855,0811.1 for a description of the volume. Lit.: C. Eisler, 'The Genius of Jacopo Bellini', New York, 1989, pls 294 (recto) and 25 (verso), Appendix B as 38r and v
Bibliographic references: Popham & Pouncey 1950 / The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (21); Eisler 1989 / The Genius of Jacopo Bellini : The Complete Paintings and Drawings (App.B.1(38)); Degenhardt & Schmidt 1968 continuing / Corpus der italienischen Zeichnungen 1300-1450 (721)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: acts of apostles; christian saint/martyr
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Acquisition name: Purchased from: G B Mantovani; Purchased through: Rawdon Lubbock Brown
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Anna Bellini (?; will, 25 Nov. 1471); Previous owner/ex-collection: Gentile Bellini (?; will, 18 Feb. 1507); Previous owner/ex-collection: Giovanni Bellini (?); Previous owner/ex-collection: Gabriele Vendramin (probably); Previous owner/ex-collection: Jacopo Soranzo; Previous owner/ex-collection: Marco Cornaro, Bishop of Vicenza; Previous owner/ex-collection: Avvocato Vecchia (?); Previous owner/ex-collection: Count Bonomo Algarotti (?); Previous owner/ex-collection: Bonetto Corniani; Previous owner/ex-collection: Giovanni Maria Sasso; Previous owner/ex-collection: Girolamo Mantovani; Previous owner/ex-collection: Domenico Mantovani
Acquisition date: 1855
Acquisition notes: See 1855,0811,a.1.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1855,0811.37

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