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Still-life: flowers in a vase, on a marble ledge with letters: PD.846-1973

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Still-life: flowers in a vase, on a marble ledge with letters

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Orgeval, M. de

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 265 mm
Width: 196 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

1790s
Production date: circa AD 1790

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Bodycolour
Red ink
Brown ink
Ground (material)

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Bodycolour, red and brown ink on prepared paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: A Monsieur / ......de / ..... / .....
  • Location: The envelope
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: (?) Peint par Mo d'Orgeval, maitre de dessin / de Mme Félicité de Vie de Songebeau de Bijvron_
  • Location: From old mount
  • Method of creation: Brown ink MS label

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.846-1973
Primary reference Number: 24114

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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