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Joos van Cleve: P.100-1961

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Joos van Cleve
Pictorum aliquot celebrium Germaniae inferioris effigies

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1961)

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1572

Note

Late state of the plate engraved in 1572 for H. Cock's series entitled Pictorum aliquot celebrium Germaniae inferioris effigies. Published in London by D. and T. Browne in 1694. Numbered a second time before the artist's name. Plate damaged on Cleve's fur collar. Sheet cut below title.

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.100-1961
Primary reference Number: 165809
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011 Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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