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Title:
The Muse of Orpheus
Object name(s):
Ricketts and Shannon Collection; painting; painting
Collection:
Fitzwilliam Museum
Acquisition date:
1937
Acquisition method:
bequeathed
Acquisition source:
Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Content - concept:
painting
Content - person:
porttrait of a man
Person's association:
reference
Credit line:
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Dimension:
Depth
Dimension measured part:
Frame
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
5.5
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
Frame
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
37.4
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measured part:
Frame
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
44.4
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
Canvas
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
21.3
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measured part:
Canvas
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
25.5
Inscription content:
820 p
Inscription method:
Christie stencil
Inscription position:
verso
Inscription type:
stencil
Inscription content:
572
Inscription method:
white chalk
Inscription position:
verso
Inscription type:
number
Inscription content:
Sapph. Bibliotheque du Luxembourg
Inscription method:
MS label in Rickett's handwriting
Inscription position:
verso
Inscription type:
label
Inscription content:
Messrs Ricketts & Shannon
Inscription method:
circular MS label
Inscription position:
verso
Inscription type:
label
Object component name:
Support
Object component information:
paper
Object component name:
Frame
Object component name:
Canvas
Object name:
Ricketts and Shannon Collection; painting; painting
Object number:
2035
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1845
Date - latest:
1847
Object production note:
This is a study for one of the four pendentives in the library of the Palais du Luxembourg (Senate), Paris.
Object production person:
Delacroix, Eugène
Person's association:
painter
Other number:
2035
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
2616
Other number type:
priref
Other number type:
uri
Reproduction format:
jpeg
Reproduction number:
media-202606
Reproduction number:
media-7899
Reproduction number:
media-232121593
Reproduction number:
media-1489631221
Reproduction type:
image
Responsible department/section:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
Style:
French
Technique:
painting (image-making)
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. I, French, German and Spanish
Reference details:
164-165
Reference note:
pl. 88
Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
The Public Decorations and their Sketches
Reference details:
107-108
Reference note:
cat. no. 568, reproduced pl. 42
Reference type:
reference

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/42817181-4402-374c-bffb-449f49e7c26c

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/42817181-4402-374c-bffb-449f49e7c26c, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0

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