drawing; sketch-book

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Object Type: drawing; sketch-book
Museum number: 1957,1214.207.59
Description: Three figures in movement, at top; two male spectators in a street in Palermo, in full-length, at bottom; leaf from van Dyck's Italian Sketchbook (containing 121 leaves) Pen and brown ink Verso: Comedia dell'arte performance in Palermo, including a monkey, at top, two acrobats, at centre, three actors, at bottom Pen and brown ink
Producer name: Drawn by: Anthony van Dyck
School/style: Flemish
Production date: 1614-1641
Materials: paper
Technique: drawn
Dimensions: Height: 200 millimetres; Width: 155 millimetres (sight measurement)
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Curator's comments: See Curatorial comment for BM 1957-12-14-207.1. Adriani suggests that the figures at the top of recto are three acrobats. The monkey on the verso appears in Van Dyck's portrait of Lady Teresia Sherley in Petworth House, Sussex.
Bibliographic references: Adriani 1940 / Anton van Dyck, Italienisches Skizzenbuch (59)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress
Associated places: Associated with: Palermo (city)
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: 1957,1214.207.59

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