drawing; album

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Object Type: drawing; album
Museum number: 1952,0121.69
Description: The Virgin and Child with Saints Elizabeth (or Anne) and the Infant John the Baptist, in an interior Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, on light-brown paper
Producer name
School/style: Cremonese; Venetian
Production date: 16thC
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 140 millimetres; Width: 113 millimetres
Curator's comments: Cremonese XVIc.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: St Elizabeth (?); Representation of: St Anne (?); Representation of: St John the Baptist (Prodromos)
Acquisition name
Funder name: With contribution from: Art Fund (as NACF); With contribution from: J R Vallentin Fund
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Nicholas Lanière (?; L.2887); Previous owner/ex-collection: Lord James Cavendish (See Acquisition Comment); Previous owner/ex-collection: Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham
Acquisition date: 1952
Acquisition notes: Collector's mark: a star. One of ninety drawings from the Cavendish album; see 1952,0121.75 for a full account of provenance.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1952,0121.69

Free entry