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The Dangers of Human Ambition: M.H-II-128

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Dangers of Human Ambition

Maker(s)

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

Entities

Categories

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: AD 1549

Note

Lower margin cut.

School or Style

Netherlandish

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.H-II-128
Primary reference Number: 142950
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 455 (Heemskerck)
Kerrich: p.93
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 4 January 2013 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Dangers of Human Ambition" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/142950 Accessed: 2024-12-18 17:35:09

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