drawing

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Museum number: 1857,0509.32
Description: Three studies for Orpheus; wearing sixteenth century costume, seated on a tree stump playing a lira da braccio, deer and small mammals around him Pen and brown ink, with brown wash
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Production date: 1517-1550
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Dimensions: Height: 177 millimetres; Width: 275 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Literature: A.E. Popham, 'Drawings of the Early Flemish School', London, 1926, cat.no.66; M. Friedländer, in Berliner Jahrbuch 38, p.87; L.J. Slatkes, 'Book Review', in Art Quarterly (1973), p.257 (with lit. ref. to Giorgio T. Faggin, 'La pittura ad Anversa nel Cinquecento', 1968, fig.104).
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Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 1973, BM, Netherlandish prints and drawings (no cat.)
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Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Pierre Jean Mariette (L.2097; his sale, Basan, Paris, 15.xi.1775-30.i.1776/860 (bt together with lot 861: Cranach 'Un repos en Egypte')); Previous owner/ex-collection: Count Moritz Christian Johann von Fries (L.2903)
Acquisition date: 1857
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1857,0509.32

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