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Winged figure standing on a sphere, holding a tablet: P.4122-R-117

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Winged figure standing on a sphere, holding a tablet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1928) by Whitley, Leonard

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1590

Note

Copy after an engraving by Cherubino Alberti, a frontispiece to a series of nine prints after Polidoro da Caravaggio of mythological scenes. In this print the tablet is left blank. There is a related drawing in the Courtauld Institute, attributed to Bandinelli (RW.1772).

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.4122-R-117
Primary reference Number: 200018
Bartsch: 78 copy (XVII, p.78)
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 10 December 2014 Updated: Wednesday 10 December 2014 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Winged figure standing on a sphere, holding a tablet" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/200018 Accessed: 2024-04-28 12:42:36

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