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Copy after the Death of St Francis, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Sassetti Chapel, Chiesa di Santa Trinita (Florence)

Watercolour
1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Arundel Society (commissioned and published)
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (Artist)
Mariannecci, Cesare (copyist)
Place of origin
Florence (copied)

Watercolour of a death man (St Francis) lying down a bed in the middle of the scene, sorround by people. The scene takes place in a portico with coloums. Landscape in the background.

Object details

Categories
Religion
Copies and Facsimilies
Object type
Watercolour
TitleCopy after the Death of St Francis, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Sassetti Chapel, Chiesa di Santa Trinita (Florence) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour, gold, pen and traces of pencil on paper
Watercolour on Paper
Gold
Pen
Pencil
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour, copy after the Death of St Francis, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Sassetti Chapel, Chiesa di Santa Trinita (Florence), Cesare Mariannecci, Arundel Society watercolour, 1860
Physical description
Watercolour of a death man (St Francis) lying down a bed in the middle of the scene, sorround by people. The scene takes place in a portico with coloums. Landscape in the background.
Dimensions
  • Width: 699mm
  • Height: 536mm
699 x 536 mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed in pen, lower right: C. Mariannecci fece
  • Inscribed in pen, lower left: 2317
  • (Illegible inscription in pencil, lower right)
Object history
Watercolour copy made for the Arundel Society by Cesare Mariannecci in 1860 and published as chromolithograph the same year.
Bibliographic references
  • Jean K. Cadogan, Domenico Ghirlandaio: artist and artisan, New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2000
  • Tanya Ledger, A Study of the Arundel Society 1848-1897. Unpublished thesis submitted for degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1978, p.285
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
2317

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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