About this artwork
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artist:John RuncimanScottish (1744 - 1768)
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title:Two Flying Putti with a Broken Globe
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date created:Dated 1751
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materials:Pen and black ink, grey wash heightened with white on buff paper
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measurements:23.50 x 19.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
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accession number:D 359
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John Runciman
John Runciman
The innovative subjects and powerful compositions of John Runciman's work made a major contribution to the development of Scottish painting. John and his older brother, Alexander, were accomplished painters and etchers, based in Edinburgh and then Rome. John died of consumption in Naples within a...
