drawing

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Object Type
Museum number: 1946,0713.1440
Description: Draped female figure probably representing the Virgin Mary, in the upper left is a separate study of a head, probably that of St John the Baptist, at the middle right is a pair of cherubs legs in outline Pen and brown ink and brown wash
Producer name: Circle/School of: Alonso Cano; Formerly attributed to: Anonymous (Spanish and Italian)
School/style
Production date: 1640-1680
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 236 millimetres; Width: 163 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: From Phillipps MS. 16384. Not in Phillipps-Fenwick. The drawing is very close (possibly the same hand) as the sheet given to Cano depiciting the penitent Magdalene (1910,0212.44).
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: St John the Baptist (Prodromos)
Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Phillipps; Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date: 1946
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1946,0713.1440
Conservation

Free entry