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Allegory of the Union of Painting and Sculpture

Drawing
?late 16th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Bloemaert, Abraham (artist)
Place of origin
Netherlands (drawn)

Allegorical subject; The union of Painting and Sculpture, Minerva above, holding a crown of laurel over the heads of the two reclining figures

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleAllegory of the Union of Painting and Sculpture (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash; traces of a framing line in brown ink
Pen
Brown Ink
Brown Wash
Paper
Drawing
Wash Technique
Brief description
Drawing 'Allegory of the Union of Painting and Sculpture', Anonymous, pen and brown ink, ?late 16th century
Physical description
Allegorical subject; The union of Painting and Sculpture, Minerva above, holding a crown of laurel over the heads of the two reclining figures
Dimensions
  • Height: 181mm
  • Width: 105mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 397

    Note
    Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.)



  • Note
    Illegibly inscribed on verso, at centre, in a seventeenth-century(?) hand, in brown ink

Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Laurel Wreaths
People
Minerva
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. II, Cat. 608, illus. p.551.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.397

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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