Sacred and secular subjects. Album of woodcuts by Florentine artists, 15--.
- Date:
- 1500-1599
- Reference:
- 2922242i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Italian woodcuts, most of which appear to be from Florence, 16th century, tipped in pages ruled as a ledger and sewn together, possibly in the 19th century
Publication/Creation
1500-1599
Physical description
1 album (28 leaves, 34 prints) : woodcuts ; album 36.7 x 26 cm
Contributors
Creator/production credits
Album possibly compiled by George Thomas Clough, secretary to Angela, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, and collector of drawings and prints. He gave 85 drawings to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, in 1913, and 256 old master prints to Manchester Whitworth Institute in 1921, selling the remainder at auction at Sotheby's that year (British Museum online catalogue). Cf. woodcuts described in his article, op. cit.
References note
G.T. Clough, 'Some Florentine woodcuts', The Burlington magazine, August 1905, 7: 355-360
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2922242i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores