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Capriccio with classical ruins and a pyramid in the background, with groups of soldiers in the foreground: V.3-5

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Capriccio with classical ruins and a pyramid in the background, with groups of soldiers in the foreground

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Angier, Paul
Publisher: Major, Thomas
Draughtsman: Pannini, Giovanni Paolo (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1749

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: V.3-5
Primary reference Number: 177875
Heinecken: I p.219
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011 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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