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Watercolour of the interior of the Piccolomini Library copied under the supervision of Cesari Mariannecci

Watercolour
ca.1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Arundel Society (Commissioned and published)
Virgilio Marchi (maker)
Pinturicchio (Artist)
Virgilio Marchi (Copyist)
Place of origin
Italy (made)
Siena (Copied)

Internal view of a big room (Piccolomini Library), all the walls are decorated with frescoes.


Object details

Category
Copies and Facsimiles
Object type
Watercolour
Titles
  • Watercolour of the interior of the Piccolomini Library copied under the supervision of Cesari Mariannecci
  • Copy
  • Copy of the interior of the Piccolomini Library, Siena (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour, copy of the interior of the Piccolomini Library, Siena, Cesare Mariannecci, Arundel Society watercolour, c.1867
Physical description
Internal view of a big room (Piccolomini Library), all the walls are decorated with frescoes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 648mm
  • Width: 569mm
648 x 569 mm
Object history
Transfered in 1995 from the National Gallery of London.
Watercolour copy made for the Arundel Society and published as a chromolithograph in 1880.
Bibliographic references
  • Pintoricchio / a cura d Vittoria Garibaldi, Francesco Federico Mancini Cinisello Balsamo (Milano) : Silvana, 2008. ISBN: 883661034X, 9788836610341 .
  • Tanya Ledger, A Study of the Arundel Society 1848-1897. Unpublished thesis submitted for degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1978, p.282
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.200-1995

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Record createdMarch 24, 2009
Record URL
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