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Sight / An elderly scholar reading: 30.I.11-17

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sight / An elderly scholar reading
The five senses

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Vliet, Jan van (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of Sir Edward Astley (1729-1802) [Lugt 2774]

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
1634 -

Note

Copy after an etching by van Vliet, significantly reduced in size and in reverse.

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 30.I.11-17
Primary reference Number: 203674
Bartsch: 31 reverse copy
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 31 reverse copy
Lugt: 2774
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sight / An elderly scholar reading" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/203674 Accessed: 2024-11-15 12:40:15

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