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Infant Hercules asleep: P.424-1943

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Infant Hercules asleep

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus
Draughtsman: Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Inscription on mount 'From the Bull colln'. Possibly Richard Bull? No mark on print

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Brangwyn, Frank

Dating

17th Century#
1639 -

Note

State after the reduction of the plate.

School or Style

Bohemian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.424-1943
Primary reference Number: 203132
New Hollstein (German): 264 III/IV
Pennington: 275
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Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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