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after Giovanni di Ser Giovanni, called Lo Scheggia (1407 - 1486); William Holman Hunt (1827 - 1910)

Costume Studies from the Adimari Cassone in the Accademia, Florence;  c. 1866

Bronkhurst, Judith, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue raisonne, II, 2 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006), no. P80, D245

Pen and Indian ink and graphite with watercolour heightened with white;  height x width: sheet 13.5 x 7.8 cm

Inscribed: Gold and Brown / from Marriage picture / 1420

Provenance: Charles Stanely Pollitt (1888 - 1965) and by descent; the artist's daughter, Gladys Joseph

Purchased (Peter Brunt Bequest Fund) with the assistance of the Art Fund, and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 2006.;  WA2007.6.70

Sheet of costume studies from the Adimari Cassone (c.1450) in the Accademia, Florence. Remounted in album WA2007.6.