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Still-life: flowers in a vase, on a ledge, in a window setting: PD.845-1973

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Still-life: flowers in a vase, on a ledge, in a window setting
Part of a male academy

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Orgeval, M. de

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 265 mm
Width: 197 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1790

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Bodycolour
Red ink
Blue ink
Ground (material)

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Recto
Verso

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: in 18th Century hand, from old mount

  • Text: Peint par M. D' Oregeval, Maitre de dessin / de Mme. Félicité de Vie de Songebeau de Byvron
  • Location: Below
  • Method of creation: Brown ink on label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.845-1973
Primary reference Number: 24111
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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