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Object Type: drawing
Museum number: 1946,0713.387
Description: The Ascension; Christ with three angels, one holding a cross, above a group of disciples. 1621 Pen and black ink, with grey wash, heightened with white (oxidised), over black chalk, on light brown paper
Producer name: Drawn by: Palma Giovane
School/style: Venetian
Production date: 1621
Materials: paper
Technique: drawn
Dimensions: Height: 385 millimetres; Width: 253 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: 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', I, London, 1935, p. 71, no. 3
Bibliographic references: Phillipps-Fenwick 1935 / Catalogue of drawings in the collection of T Fitzroy Phillipps-Fenwick (p.71(3))
Location: Not on display
Subjects: transfiguration
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ
Acquisition name: Donated by: Count Antoine Seilern
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Hudson (L.2432); Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); Previous owner/ex-collection: Samuel Woodburn (Christie's, 6.vi.1860/part of lot 583 as Palma 'The Entombment, and the Resurrection - bold pen and bistre wash; The Transfiguration, &c.', 4 in the lot, bt Phillipps £1-11-6); Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Phillipps; Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date: 1946
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1946,0713.387
Conservation: Treatment: 19 Aug 2003; Treatment: 17 Apr 2003

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