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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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 71cm
  • Width: 109.1cm
Production typeCopy
Credit line
Presented by Miss Enid Du Cane.
Object history
Presented by the artist's niece, Miss Enid Du Cane, 1913.
Place depicted
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 createdJune 30, 2009
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