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Tobias catching the fish in the River Tigris: M.H-I-201

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tobias catching the fish in the River Tigris
The Story of Tobias

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz (Attributed)
Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)

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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: circa AD 1548

School or Style

Netherlandish

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.H-I-201
Primary reference Number: 142840
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 185 (Heemskerck)
Kerrich: p.35

Audit data

Created: Friday 13 February 2015 Updated: Friday 13 February 2015

Associated departments & institutions

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

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