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Gold and beauty ensnare the soul: M.H-II-115

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Gold and beauty ensnare the soul
The Vain Hope for Worldly Gain

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swanenburgh, Willem
Printmaker: Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz (After)
Draughtsman: 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

17th Century#
Production date: circa AD 1609

Note

Copy in the same direction with some alterations and six lines of text in English below the border, after Coornhert's etchings after Heemskerck.

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.H-II-115
Primary reference Number: 143757
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 136-39 (Heemskerck) copies
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 462 copy (Heemskerck)
Kerrich: p.90-1

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 4 January 2013

Associated departments & institutions

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

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