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Still-life: flowers in a vase which stands on a ledge with a butterfly resting on narcissi

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An image of Title/s
 Still-life: flowers in a vase which stands on a ledge with a bufferfly resting on narcissi

 
Maker/s
 Robert, Nicolas (draughtsman) [ULAN info: French artist, 1614-1685]

 
Category
 drawing

 
Name
 drawing
 
School/Style
 French
 
Technique Description 
 watercolour and bodycolour on vellum
 
Dimensions
 height: 352 mm
width: 264 mm

 
Provenance
 bequeathed: Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton 1973 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) 
 
Material/s 
 watercolour (medium) 
bodycolour (medium) 
vellum (skin) (support) 

 
Accession Number 
 PD.905-1973 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)

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Title/s Still-life: flowers in a vase which stands on a ledge with a bufferfly resting on narcissi Maker/s Robert, Nicolas (draughtsman) [ULAN info: French artist, 1614-1685] Category drawing Name drawing School/Style French Technique Description watercolour and bodycolour on vellum Dimensions height: 352 mm width: 264 mm Provenance bequeathed: Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton 1973 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) Material/s watercolour (medium) bodycolour (medium) vellum (skin) (support) Accession Number PD.905-1973 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)

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  • Accession Number: PD.905-1973
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 760 pixels
  • Image width: 574 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 115.28kB
  • Captured: 2010:10:14 10:28:19

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Artist/Maker Department Fitz_PDP Nicholas Robert Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_OPACtd

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