Drawing
c.1850 (made)
Artist/Maker |
Full size pen and pencil tracing from a fresco by an early Italian master.
1 male saint and 3 figures. The saint is standing on the right facing the figures on the left, pointing at them with one hand and holding an unravelled scroll with the other. The male figure standing behind him is a soldier and has his arms wrapped around the saint. The two figures on the left are standing facing the figures on the right. One is holding a staff in one hand and pointing at the two on the right. The other figure is a female and is holding out a hand as if trying to calm the figure next to her down.
1 male saint and 3 figures. The saint is standing on the right facing the figures on the left, pointing at them with one hand and holding an unravelled scroll with the other. The male figure standing behind him is a soldier and has his arms wrapped around the saint. The two figures on the left are standing facing the figures on the right. One is holding a staff in one hand and pointing at the two on the right. The other figure is a female and is holding out a hand as if trying to calm the figure next to her down.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Pen and pencil tracing on paper |
Brief description | Full-size tracing after a fresco by an early Italian master in an Italian church by Sir Austen Henry Layard. c.1850 |
Physical description | Full size pen and pencil tracing from a fresco by an early Italian master. 1 male saint and 3 figures. The saint is standing on the right facing the figures on the left, pointing at them with one hand and holding an unravelled scroll with the other. The male figure standing behind him is a soldier and has his arms wrapped around the saint. The two figures on the left are standing facing the figures on the right. One is holding a staff in one hand and pointing at the two on the right. The other figure is a female and is holding out a hand as if trying to calm the figure next to her down. |
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Production type | Copy |
Credit line | Presented by Miss Enid Du Cane. |
Object history | Presented by the artist's niece, Miss Enid Du Cane, 1913. |
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Association | |
Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914 |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.2076-1913 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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