Drawing
c.1850 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Full size pen and pencil tracing from a fresco by an early Italian master.
2 figures standing next to each other, the one on the left is a female saint with a halo above her head which is partially coloured in yellow. She is holding a bell tower in her arms and the top part of her dress is coloured in red. The figure on the right has an outfit which has been coloured more with the top part in yellow and the bottom part in orange with a touch on blue in the bottom right corner. They have one hand on their hip whilst the other is leant on the base of a sword with a red handle.
2 figures standing next to each other, the one on the left is a female saint with a halo above her head which is partially coloured in yellow. She is holding a bell tower in her arms and the top part of her dress is coloured in red. The figure on the right has an outfit which has been coloured more with the top part in yellow and the bottom part in orange with a touch on blue in the bottom right corner. They have one hand on their hip whilst the other is leant on the base of a sword with a red handle.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and pencil tracing on paper |
| Brief description | Full-size tracing after a fresco by an early Italian master in an Italian church by Sir Austen Henry Layard. c.1850 |
| Physical description | Full size pen and pencil tracing from a fresco by an early Italian master. 2 figures standing next to each other, the one on the left is a female saint with a halo above her head which is partially coloured in yellow. She is holding a bell tower in her arms and the top part of her dress is coloured in red. The figure on the right has an outfit which has been coloured more with the top part in yellow and the bottom part in orange with a touch on blue in the bottom right corner. They have one hand on their hip whilst the other is leant on the base of a sword with a red handle. |
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| Production type | Copy |
| Credit line | Presented by Miss Enid Du Cane. |
| Object history | Presented by the artist's niece, Miss Enid Du Cane, 1913. |
| Place depicted | |
| Association | |
| 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.2068-1913 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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