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A vase of flowers and basket of fruit on a slab of marble: PD.1049-1973

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A vase of flowers and basket of fruit on a slab of marble

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Vallayer-Coster, Anne

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1793

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Gouache

Components of the work

Sight Size Height 80 mm Width 63 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Gouache fixé

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Coster
  • Location: On marble slab
  • Method of creation: With a brush
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1793 (?)
  • Location: On marble slab
  • Method of creation: With a brush
  • Type: Date

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.1049-1973
Primary reference Number: 2563
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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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