Recto: Study for a nymph (ceiling figure)
Verso: Study for a nymph (ceiling figure)

Details

• Title

  Recto: Study for a nymph (ceiling figure)
  Verso: Study for a nymph (ceiling figure)

• Artist/maker

  Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734 - 1795)

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  1749 - 1795

• Material and technique

  recto: black chalk and graphite, heightened with white on faded blue-green paper
  Verso: black chalk and graphite, squared up

• Object type

  visual representation › drawing

• Dimensions

  29.2 x 31 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund, the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Blakiston Fund and donations from Louise Rice, Prof. Sir John Elliott and Catherine Whistler, 2010.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA2010.1

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