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The Phlegmatic Temperament: M.H-II-151

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Phlegmatic Temperament
The Four Temperaments

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Muller, Harmen Jansz.
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Measurements and weight

trimmed with uneven thread margins, 219 x 240

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1566

Note

State I/III

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.H-II-151
Primary reference Number: 143763
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 117 (Muller)
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 441 (Heemskerck)
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 104 (Muller)
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 545 (Heemskerck)
Kerrich: p.99

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 1 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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