A young woman leans on a large terrestrial globe as she reads a manuscript. Behind her is a bust displayed on a table near a wall lined with well-stocked bookshelves
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Inscribed by Horace Walpole on label on former mount: "Elias Martin fec. 1771 a Swede came over in 1768, son of a cabinet maker.", Inscribed on label on former mount by a later hand: "Elias Martin 1771 from the Strawberry Hill Collection bought at the sale 1842.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The music room."
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Reading, Young women, Private libraries, Sculpture, and Globes
Title supplied by curator., Carlo Losi was active in Rome., Date from item., In image bottom: Tyrones picturae Hbmo. et Exmo. Dno Iacobo Boncompagno Arcis Praefecto, ingenior(um) ac industriae fautori, Artiu(m) nobiliu(m) praxim, a lo Strade(n)si Belga artificiose expressa., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anatomy for artists.
Publisher:
Apud Carolus Losi
Subject (Name):
Boncompagni, Giacomo, 1548-1612,
Subject (Topic):
Anatomy, Artistic, Human anatomy, Human dissection, Art, Study and teaching, Students, Artists, Sculpture, Paintings, and Dead persons
