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The Israelites offering in the desert
Luyken, Jan
(Draughtsman)
Height: 178 mm
Width: 381 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: Given
(1930-05)
by
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Probably a design for an engraving, possibly connected with the illustrated books of 'The History of the Old Testament' or 'The History of the Jews'
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Pen and light-brown ink, grey wash, on paper
Accession number: 1529
Primary reference Number: 4803
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"The Israelites offering in the desert"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4803 Accessed: 2022-08-13 15:44:08
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Accession Number: E.50.1912
Accession Number: E.6.1922
Accession Number: GR.55.1984
Accession Number: GR.39.1984
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