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Viola da Gamba player (left) and a maid, seated (right): P.4307-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Viola da Gamba player (left) and a maid, seated (right)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

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Description

Two woodcuts placed together to make a single image. References refer only to the left hand portion. The right portion is undescribed. It is not Pauli 1234 but a similar design. See also Hartley, C. 'Two Neglected Woodcuts by Sebald Beham'. Print Quarterly, Vol. 7 (1990), pp. 162-4

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1520

School or Style

German

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.4307-R
Primary reference Number: 121711
Bartsch: 163
Pauli: 1232
Pauli: 1234
Hollstein (German): P.247
Illustrated Bartsch: 163 (244)
Old location number: 37.5.31
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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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