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A Pilot whale: 23.K.2-190

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Pilot whale
Two men measuring a beached whale on the Dutch coast

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik (Workshop)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1594 : According to date of the event

Note

Trimmed to platemark; not printed with letterpress text.

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.K.2-190
Primary reference Number: 199928
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 631
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 571 (anon. after Goltzius)
Bartsch: 3 (anon. after Goltzius)
Bartsch Illustrated Commentary: 0302.094
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 19 November 2014 Updated: Wednesday 4 September 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A Pilot whale" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/199928 Accessed: 2024-11-24 17:06:06

Citation for Wikipedia

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/199928 |title=A Pilot whale |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-24 17:06:06|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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