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Tracing from 'Battle between Heraclius' army and Persians under Khosrau II' by Piero della Francesca.

Record Drawing of a Fresco
19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Layard, Austen Henry Sir GCB (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin
Arezzo (made)

The head of a man in a helmet, with a lance. A horses head, with the mouth of another just visible on the left side.


Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
Animals and Wildlife
Christianity
Religion
Ecclesiastical Art/Craft
Places of Worship
Designs
Object type
Record drawing of a fresco
TitleTracing from 'Battle between Heraclius' army and Persians under Khosrau II' by Piero della Francesca. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Ink on tracing paper, pasted to thick paper.
Brief description
Full-size tracing after a fresco in an Italian church by Sir Austen Henry Layard, from 'Battle between Heraclius' army and Persians under Khosrau II' by Piero della Francesca.
Physical description
The head of a man in a helmet, with a lance. A horses head, with the mouth of another just visible on the left side.
Dimensions
  • Tracing height: 783mm
  • Tracing width: 503mm
  • Paper height: 750mm
  • Paper width: 545mm
Small outsize portrait mount.
Production typeCopy
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed bottom corner: S.2.
Credit line
Presented by the artist's niece, Miss Enid Du Cane, 1913.
Object history
Presented by the artist's niece, Miss Enid Du Cane, 1913.

Traced from 'Battle between Heraclius' army and Persians under Khosrau II', fresco by Piero della Francesca, ca. 1452, in church of San Francisco, Arezzo.
Associated object
E.100-1995
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914
  • p. 185 Piero della Francesca : indagine su un mito / catalogo a cura di Antonio Paolucci [and five others]. Cinisello Balsamo, Milano : Silvana editoriale, [2016]. 9788836632725
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1752-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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