Design for a console
Drawing
16th century (made)
16th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Design for a console or column with 2 male figures in the centre facing away from each other.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Design for a console (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash over black chalk |
| Brief description | Drawing, design for a console, school of Perino del Vaga, 16th century. |
| Physical description | Design for a console or column with 2 male figures in the centre facing away from each other. |
| Dimensions |
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| Style | |
| Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, p. 179.
The text is as follows:
copies after
VAGA, PERINO DEL
389/394
Designs (6) for consoles
All inscribed in an old hand ‘Pierino’
Pen and ink and wash over black chalk
Average size 5 ½ x 2 ½ (140 x 63) E.622, 623 and 626-629-1922
PROVENANCE Lord Amherst of Hackney (sale, Sotheby, 14 December 1921, bought by Meatyeard and sold by him to the Museum) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.623-1922 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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