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Object Type
Museum number: 1946,0713.43
Description: The Feast of the Gods (?); partly draped figures seated at a table, two figures lifting dishes of food above their heads Black chalk
Producer name
School/style: Bolognese; French
Production date: 1519-1570
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 380 millimetres; Width: 310 millimetres (upper corners cut)
Curator's comments: This drawing seems to be the right-hand half of a composition, of which the left-hand half is preserved in a drawing at Windsor (No.5975), though some portion of the centre must be lost. The BM drawing was exhibited at the fifth Lawrence-Woodburn exhibition, no. 40. 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. 86, no. 2
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; feast/banquet
Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Jonathan Richardson Senior (L.2184); Previous owner/ex-collection: George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (His sale, Thomas Philipe, London, 10.vi.1811/630 as Primaticcio: 'Part of a grand historical composition, perhaps for the palace of Fontainebleau - masterly in black chalk - R [ie. Richardson Sen. collection]' (bt by 'P' [Philipe?] for £1-1-0)); Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); Previous owner/ex-collection: Samuel Woodburn (Christie's, 6.vi.1860/632 as Primaticcio 'The feast of the gods; a fine study for a part of the subject - black chalk. From J. Richardson's and Lord Spencer's Collections' bt Phillipps £0-8-0); Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Phillipps; Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date: 1946
Acquisition notes: Inscribed on old mount: "F. Primaticcio No40" (reference to complete series of 50 Primaticcio drawings).
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1946,0713.43

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