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Five satyrs dancing with two nymphs: 24.I.4-23

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Five satyrs dancing with two nymphs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus
Printmaker: Elsheimer, Adam (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of George Hibbert (1757-1837) [Lugt 2849]

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1650

Note

The etching Hollar has copied is only tentatively attributed to Elsheimer by Keith Andrews

School or Style

German

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 24.I.4-23
Primary reference Number: 129715
Hollstein (German): p.151
Lugt: 2849
Parthey: 279

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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