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drawing
;
sketch-book
Object Type
drawing
sketch-book
Museum number
1957,1214.207.54
Description
Two men in half-length; after Titian; leaf from van Dyck's Italian Sketchbook (containing 121 leaves) Pen and brown ink Verso: A group of Israelites watching the Pharoah's army; after Titian Pen and brown ink
Producer name
Drawn by:
Anthony van Dyck
After:
Titian
After:
Domenico dalle Greche
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1614-1641
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
199 millimetres
Width:
154 millimetres
(sight measurement)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See Curatorial comment for BM 1957-12-14-207.1. The drawing on the recto (continues from fol.53 verso) records the left half of Titian's painting for the Albergo della Scuola della Carità (now known as the Accademia di Belle Arti) in Venice; H.E. Wethey, 'The Paintings of Titian, I, The Religious Paintings', London,1969, no.87. The verso drawing (continues on fol.55) is after Domenico dalle Greche's woodcut after Titian, 1980,U.8.
Bibliographic references
Adriani 1940 / Anton van Dyck, Italienisches Skizzenbuch
(54)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
presentation of virgin
old testament
Associated names
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Associated places
Associated with:
Italy
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Peter Lely
(L.2092)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Hugh Howard
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Samuel William Reynolds I
Previous owner/ex-collection:
George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
(purchased from Reynolds)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden
(inherited from Dover)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Henry George Agar-Ellis, 4th Viscount Clifden
(Christie's, 6.v.1893/36 #120.5s.6d)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Desprez
(purchased at Clifden sale)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Charles Fairfax Murray
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Herbert Cook
(returned to Devonshire family)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
Acquisition date
1957
Acquisition notes
See Acquisition history in BM 1957-12-14-207.1 for further details of provenance.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1957,1214.207.54
