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Tracing from 'The Dream of Constantine', by Piero della Francesca.

Record Drawing
19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a man from the chest up. He is wearing a hat and has his head rested on his hand.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTracing from 'The Dream of Constantine', 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 'The Dream of Constantine', by Piero della Francesca.
Physical description
Figure of a man from the chest up. He is wearing a hat and has his head rested on his hand.
Dimensions
  • Tracing height: 370mm
  • Tracing width: 475mm
  • Paper height: 544mm
  • Paper width: 747mm
Small outsize landscape mount
Production typeCopy
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed on bottom corner: S.1
  • Inscribed in pencil on backboard: Pietro della Francesca. 1392. 1484. Dream of Constantine. St. Francisco. Arezzo.
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.

Tracing from a fresco from 'The Dream of Constantine' from the 'Story of the True Cross' cycle, church of San Francesco at Arezzo.
Associated object
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914
  • p. 184 Piero della Francesca : indagine su un mito / catalogo a cura di Antonio Paolucci [and five others]. Cinisello Balsamo, Milano : Silvana editoriale, [2016]. 9788836632725
Collection
Accession number
E.1749-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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