Two chimerical birds
Printmaker: Master of the Berlin Passion
History note: Karl Eduard von Liphart [L.1687], sale (Leipzig) 5 December 1876, lot 85 (-/5/5)
Method of acquisition: Bought (1879) by Unknown
15th Century
Circa
1450
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Circa
1470
Possibly from a set of playing cards.
Accession number: 1879.5.24-57
Primary reference Number: 129230
Bartsch: X p.90
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): L.100
Illustrated Bartsch: 28 (90)
Lehrs (Geschichte): 100
Lugt: 1687
Old location number: 35.1.30b
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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