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Bust portrait of a man
Attributed to
Backhuysen, Ludolf
(Painter)
Height: 14.0 cm
Width: 10.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1816)
by
Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
Formerly ascribed to F. Bol, but seems nearer to L. Backhuijzen, who occasionally painted portraits both in large and in miniature.
Support composed of copper
Painting (image-making) : Oil on copper
Inscription present: the 'F' and 'B' forming a monogram
Accession number: 509
Primary reference Number: 1090
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Bust portrait of a man"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1090 Accessed: 2022-05-18 16:11:17
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Accession Number: PD.79-1972
Accession Number: 133
Accession Number: PD.199-1948
Accession Number: C.1040-2016
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