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New Testament subjects

New Testament subjects

AFTER PIETRO PERUGINO (CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE C. 1450-FONTIGNANO 1523)

A lute-player

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 15.4 x 11.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850505

A photograph of a drawing by Pietro Perugino now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. (inv. no. WA1846.6).

Parker (see Bibliographic References) notes that the pen work was added on the drawing by a different hand; he dated the drawing to Perugino's late period.
  • Creator(s)

    After Pietro Perugino (Città della Pieve c. 1450-Fontignano 1523) (artist)

  • 15.4 x 11.6 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Music
        • Musical instruments
          • Lutes
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Containers
          • Vessels (containers)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.42 D.XVIII.1