drawing
- Museum number
- 1946,0713.243
- Description
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A seven-headed dragon, turned to left
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, pricked for transfer
- Production date
- 1500-1600 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 196 millimetres
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Width: 149 millimetres (upper corners cut)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This was included in the 5th Exhibition of the Lawrence Gallery, no. 68 as Leonardo.
After the Fenwick catalogue Popham moved this to Aspertini, but it has been returned to the traditional attribution of Leonardo, in spite of it being by a right-hand artist, as it does not seem Bolognese. Ketty Gottardo has kindly pointed out (September 2019) that another version of this work from the Robert Witt bequest to the Courtauld is catalogued there under the name of Giovanni da Udine (D.1952.RW.47).
HC
Lit.: A.E. Popham, 'Catalogue of Drawings in the Collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., F.R.S., now in the possession of his Grandson, T. Fitzroy Phillipps Fenwick of Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham', London, 1935, p. 11, no. 3 (as School of Leonardo)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1946
- Acquisition notes
- Revil collection according to Fenwick catalogue
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1946,0713.243
