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Tromp l'oeil composition showing overlapping drawings and engravings, a page from a calendar, some coins and a franked envelope addressed to Monsieur Antoine Sielli, Florence

Drawing
Mid-18th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Drawing of a trompe l’oeil composition: engravings, drawings, a page from a calendar, a franked envelope and coins. Pen and ink, wash and red chalk.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleTromp l'oeil composition showing overlapping drawings and engravings, a page from a calendar, some coins and a franked envelope addressed to Monsieur Antoine Sielli, Florence (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink, wash and red chalk drawing on paper
Ink
Red Chalk
Paper
Drawing
Wash Technique
Brief description
Drawing, Tromp l'oeil composition showing overlapping drawings and engravings, a page from a calendar, some coins and a franked envelope addressed to Monsieur Antoine Sielli, Florence, by an unknown artist, Italian, mid 18th century
Physical description
Drawing of a trompe l’oeil composition: engravings, drawings, a page from a calendar, a franked envelope and coins. Pen and ink, wash and red chalk.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.6cm
  • Width: 21.3cm
Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981.
Style
Italian School
Production typeUnique
Credit line
H. H. Harrod Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Illusionism
Trompe-L'oeil
Engravings
Drawings
Calendar
Coins
Envelope
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. p.51.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume II. 17th-18th century, London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1980, p. 198. The text is as follows: SCHOOL UNKNOWN: mid 18th century 1272 Trompe l’oeil composition, showing overlapping drawings and engravings, a page from a calendar, some coins and a franked envelope addressed to Monsieur Antoine Sielli, Florence Black and red chalk, and pen and ink 11 5/8 x 8 3/8 (296 x 213) E.3307-1948 PROVENANCE H. H. Harro Bequest 1948
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3307-1948

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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