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Abbess: P.11641-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Abbess
Dance of Death

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus
Publisher: Pitau, Nicolas I

Entities

Categories

Description

From a series of thirty plates, enclosed within one of three borders designed by Abraham a Diepenbecke

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1920) by Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert, Sir, Bart

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1651

Note

Pitau's edition: with artists' monograms added to central plate. Within the 'Minerva and Hercules' border

School or Style

Bohemian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.11641-R
Primary reference Number: 169893
Pennington: 245-II
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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