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Drawing

c.1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Full-size pen tracings from frescoes originally by Guariento in the Church of the Eremitani, Padua.
A woman sat down holding a ball of thread in her left hand and the piece of thread coming from it in her right hand. She is wearing a long robe where a set of keys can be seen dangling from behind her on her right.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen tracing on paper
Brief description
Full-size tracing after a frescoe originally by Guariento in an Italian church in Padua by Sir Austen Henry Layard, c.1850
Physical description
Full-size pen tracings from frescoes originally by Guariento in the Church of the Eremitani, Padua.
A woman sat down holding a ball of thread in her left hand and the piece of thread coming from it in her right hand. She is wearing a long robe where a set of keys can be seen dangling from behind her on her right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26 1/2in (Note: Measusrement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914)
  • Width: 15 1/2in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914)
  • Height: 36in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914)
  • Width: 16 1/2in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914)
Production typeCopy
Credit line
Presented by Miss Enid Du Cane.
Object history
Presented by the artist's niece, Miss Enid Du Cane, 1913.
Associations
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.1850-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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