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Dido on the pyre: 22.I.7-175

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Dido on the pyre

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1520

Note

On Copper. State II/II

School or Style

German

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 22.I.7-175
Primary reference Number: 121383
Bartsch: 80
Pauli: 84
Hollstein (German): P.58
Illustrated Bartsch: 80-[II] (148)
Old object number: P.4255-R
Old location number: 37.3.23d
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 23 September 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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