Three Studies of a Bishop

Vittore Carpaccio (1460/66 - 1525/26)

British Museum

In the left-hand study he faces the front; in the centre he advances to the left, his right hand raised; in the right-hand study, he is in profile to the left with his chasuble drawn about him. Study for the picture of the arrival of St.Ursula in Rome.

• Medium: brush in grey on green paper
• Dimensions: 20 x 22 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £3000 ( Total: £3,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1946
• Vendor: Frere Cholmeley

Provenance

From the Phillipps Fenwick Collection.

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