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Ishmael weeping: for a 'Dismissal of Hagar'
Draughtsman: Backer, Jacob Adriaensz.
Height: 197 mm
Width: 191 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library
1645 - 1650
Support composed of paper ( faded blue and grey)
Drawing (image-making) : Black chalk heightened with white on faded blue and grey paper
Accession number: 2972
Primary reference Number: 4194
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Ishmael weeping: for a 'Dismissal of Hagar'" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4194 Accessed: 2023-06-06 10:58:02
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Accession Number: P.114-1940
Accession Number: C.2823.3-1928
Accession Number: 23.K.5-39
Accession Number: PD.70-1961
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