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Hounds attacking a wild boar
Draughtsman: Snyders, Frans
History note: W. Pitcairn Knowles (Lugt 2643); Ingram (Lugt 1405a)
Height: 178 mm
Width: 278 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: Bequeathed (1963) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir
Central scene in the drawing is repeated in a painting in the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Ghent
Brown ink
Brown wash
Black chalk
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen, brown ink, brown wash, on paper and black chalk
Accession number: PD.720-1963
Primary reference Number: 5254
Lugt: 2643
Lugt: 1405a
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Hounds attacking a wild boar" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/5254 Accessed: 2023-03-28 07:47:20
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Accession Number: C.18-1996
Accession Number: O.146-2008
Accession Number: C.48-1981
Accession Number: Loan Ant.37
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