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Catrouche with a Skull and two eagles: P.6373-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Catrouche with a Skull and two eagles
Set of Cartouches used as frontispieces to albums

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Balzer, Mathias

Entities

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Description

This is the name given in Nagler's monogrammisten, but the foliage is very similar to the related plate (at FM in two impressions, P.6374-R and P.6375-R) with are signed C B. The monogram in this plate could well be interpreted C MB

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

18th Century
Production date: AD 1761

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.6373-R
Primary reference Number: 129861
Nagler (Monogrammisten): 1658

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 3 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Catrouche with a Skull and two eagles" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/129861 Accessed: 2024-05-05 20:38:37

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