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Six dancing 'Sfessania' figures: 31.I.4-266

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Six dancing 'Sfessania' figures
Balli di Sfessania

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus
Printmaker: Callot, Jacques (After)

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century
Production date: circa AD 1630

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 31.I.4-266
Primary reference Number: 187580
New Hollstein (German): 90
Pennington: 2027A

Audit data

Created: Friday 18 May 2012 Updated: Wednesday 23 February 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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