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Drawing

pre 1932 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Copy, in pencil, of a Roman mural painting depicting three women, set within an interior space, with three cherubs. The woman on the right is seated by a cage containing a cherub and is lifting a second cherub, by its wings, out of the cage. On the left there are two other women, one is seated with a cherub on her lap.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil drawing on paper
Brief description
Drawing, copy of a mural painting from Pompeii, Herculaneum or Stabiae, pencil, Italy, pre 1932
Physical description
Copy, in pencil, of a Roman mural painting depicting three women, set within an interior space, with three cherubs. The woman on the right is seated by a cage containing a cherub and is lifting a second cherub, by its wings, out of the cage. On the left there are two other women, one is seated with a cherub on her lap.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.875in
  • Width: 6.875in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Credit line
Bequeathed by F. L. Lucas
Subjects depicted
Associations
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Collection
Accession number
E.3954-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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