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Young woman wearing a turban made from a fringed veil fixed with a studded band: P.28-1942

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Young woman wearing a turban made from a fringed veil fixed with a studded band
A Circassian Lady

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Picot, Victor Marie (Attributed)
Painter: Kauffmann, Angelica (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

Bust in profile to the right, in an oval with a thin borderline

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by Trevelyan, George Macaulay

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1780

Note

Cut to oval. Lettered 'V.M. Picot ex' below. In reverse to another of Picot's prints, printed with the title 'A Circassian Lady', published in 1778.

School or Style

French
British

Techniques used in production

Colour printing
Stipple

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.28-1942
Primary reference Number: 130220
Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon): 6
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 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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