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Unknown eighteenth-century hand (previously attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds), Sketchbook containing drawings made in Italy, c.1750-52
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Vol 33/48
Purpose
Unknown eighteenth-century hand (previously attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds), Sketchbook containing drawings made in Italy, c.1750-52
Notes
The long-standing attribution to Reynolds has been rejected by Ellis Waterhouse and Nicholas Penny. See Giovanna Perini, `Sir Joshua Reynolds and Italian Art and Art Literature’, in Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, Volume 51, 1988, p.166.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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