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Drawing

c.1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Full-size pen tracings of frescoes by early Italian masters in Pisa.
A female saint with a halo behind her head and wearing a robe which covers her head. She is holding up both hands in a prayer position.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen tracing
Brief description
Full-size tracing after a fresco in an Italian church in Pisa by Sir Austen Henry Layard, c.1850
Physical description
Full-size pen tracings of frescoes by early Italian masters in Pisa.
A female saint with a halo behind her head and wearing a robe which covers her head. She is holding up both hands in a prayer position.
Dimensions
  • Length: 51.3cm
  • Width: 37.7cm
Various sizes.
Production typeCopy
Object history
Presented by the artist's niece, Miss Enid Du Cane, 1913.
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.1881-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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