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Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with two drawings and a print: (a): Ceiling to the Cabinet, Houghton Hall, Norfolk; (b): The Entombment; (c): Chimney Piece in the Cabinet, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Artist and architect Isaac Ware British
Guido Reni Italian
1595–1735
Not on view

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  • Title: Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with two drawings and a print: (a): Ceiling to the Cabinet, Houghton Hall, Norfolk; (b): The Entombment; (c): Chimney Piece in the Cabinet, Houghton Hall, Norfolk
  • Artist and architect: Isaac Ware (British, before 1704–1766 Hampstead)
  • Artist: Guido Reni (Italian, Bologna 1575–1642 Bologna)
  • Artist: After Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore)
  • Date: 1595–1735
  • Medium: (a): Pen and black Ink; (b): etching; (c): pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
  • Dimensions: Leaf: 28 15/16 × 20 1/2 in. (73.5 × 52 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.62.48r(a-c)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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