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Esther before Ahasuerus: P.156-1943

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Esther before Ahasuerus
Theatrum Pictorium

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus
Draughtsman: Teniers, David II (After)
Painter: Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of George Ambrose Cardew (d.1941) [L.1134]; bt. Sotheby's, 20 January 1943, part of lot 29

Legal notes

Bought from the Print Duplicates Fund, 1943

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1943)

Dating

17th Century#
1644 CE - 1652

Note

One of 246 plates by various printmakers for Teniers' 'Theatre of Paintings' (1660). Second state, before the rework.

School or Style

Bohemian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.156-1943
Primary reference Number: 203155
New Hollstein (German): 1198 II/III
Pennington: 76-77
Lugt: 1134
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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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