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Vertical design, with a oval medallion depicting the abduction of Orythyia by Boreas: 3.I.22-127

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Vertical design, with a oval medallion depicting the abduction of Orythyia by Boreas
Grotesques and moresques in the modern style

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepautre, Jean
Publisher: Mariette, Pierre II

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Description

Plate 5 in a series of six etchings.

Notes

History note: Zaccaria Sagredo (1653-1729)

Acquisition and important dates

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

Note

Left half of the plate. State unknown: the right half of the sheet which would determine the state is cut away.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3.I.22-127
Primary reference Number: 183187
BN Inventaire (17thC): 1685 (left half)

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 20 January 2012

Associated departments & institutions

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

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