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Three Studies of a Bishop

Artist: Vittore Carpaccio (1460/66 - 1525/26)

Location: British Museum

Materials: brush in grey on green paper

Dimensions: 20 x 22 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £3,000 (Total: £3,000)

Vendor: Frere Cholmeley

Review number: 1437 (1946)

Provenance:
From the Phillipps Fenwick Collection.

Description:
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.

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