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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1886,0410.20
Description
Studies of a Muse; study of a nude woman, seated to right, leaning with her elbow on a rock, looking down, above, a similar figure looking right and up, with a study of a head with flowing hair Red chalk Verso: Study of a Muse; study of a nude woman, seated to right, her right hand on a book, looking slightly to left, below, a smaller and slighter study for the same figure, at r, a head in profile Red chalk
Producer name
Drawn by:
Francesco Bartolozzi
School/style
British
Italian
Portuguese
Production date
1727-1815
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
340 millimetres
Width:
257 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain
(10)
Calabi & De Vesme 1928 / Francesco Bartolozzi. Catalogue des estampes et notice biographique d'après les manuscrits de A. De Vesme entièrement réformés et complétés d'une étude critique par A. Calabi
(undescribed)
(?)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
academic nude
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A H Crowther
Acquisition date
1886
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1886,0410.20
Conservation
Treatment
: 07 Apr 2000