drawing
- Museum number
- 1969,0920.10
- Description
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The Creation of Adam; Adam seated on the ground, his wrist held by God
Black chalk
- Production date
- 1550-1610
- Dimensions
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Height: 220 millimetres
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Width: 118 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Turner, Florentine Drawings of the Sixteenth Century, London, 1986
Previously attributed to Raphael [See Inscription]. Myril Pouncey was the first to suggest Foschi's authorship, comparing the British Museum drawing with one at Christ Church (Byam Shaw, 'Christ Church', no. 130).
Literature: M. Pouncey, Burl. Mag., xcix, 1957, p. 159.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1980, Palazzo Strozzi, '16thC Florentine Drawings', no. 220
1986, BM, '16thC Florentine Drawings', no. 116
1972, BM, Modern/Recent Acquisitions
- Acquisition date
- 1969
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Stamped with unidentified collector's mark, on recto, in top right corner, in black ink (not in Lugt).
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1969,0920.10
