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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Virgin teaching the infant Christ to read

Maker(s)

Painter: Maratti, Carlo (Copy after)

Entities

Painting

Measurements and weight

Depth: 9.8 cm
Height: 97.8 cm
Width: 102 cm
Width: 74 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1842) by Mesman, Charles, the Rev.

School or Style

Italian
Roman School

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas
Frame Height 126.2 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

References and bibliographic entries

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 122, 125
Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Italian School page(s): 96-97

Identification numbers

Accession number: 131
Primary reference Number: 521
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 November 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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