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Two horizontal friezes, with a lion's head and a ram's skull: 30.I.17-79

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Two horizontal friezes, with a lion's head and a ram's skull
Frises, feuillages, et grotesques

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Della Bella, Stefano
Publisher: Merlen, Jacques van

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Note

Without the number, probably from the edition published by van Merlen.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 30.I.17-79
Primary reference Number: 179319
Vesme/Massar: 983 II/IV
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 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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