Recto: The Martyrdom of Saint George
Drawing
17th century (drawn)
17th century (drawn)
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Drawing 'Recto: 'The Martyrdom of Saint George', Verso: 'The Lower Half of the Venus de Medici, Seen from the Rear', by Godfried Maes [the Younger] (or Pieter van Lint), Flemish School, recto: pen and brown ink, verso: black chalk, 17th century.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Recto: pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on blue paper. Verso: black chalk. |
| Brief description | Drawing 'Recto: 'The Martyrdom of Saint George', Verso: 'The Lower Half of the Venus de Medici, Seen from the Rear', by Godfried Maes [the Younger] (or Pieter van Lint), Flemish School, recto: pen and brown ink, verso: black chalk, 17th century. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s inv. no.), 6892; and on the verso, in graphite, Erasmus Quellin. |
| Object history | Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend (1798–1868), London and Coleraine Manor, West Walton, nr Wisbech, Norfolk, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. 1958), 1869. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. II, Cat. 500, illus. p.427. |
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| Accession number | 6892 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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