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The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin: 2851

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Willeboirts, Thomas

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Mr Cooper (painter of King's Lynn); Rev. Thomas Kerrich, Magdalene College, Cambridge, by 1767; Rev. R.E. Kerrich, by whom bequeathed

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Measurements and weight

Height: 384 mm
Width: 237 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

School or Style

Flemish

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Grey ink
Brown wash
Blue wash

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Point of the brush, grey ink, grey wash, blue wash and brown wash, the design enclosed within a frame in grey ink with a curved top, on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 5/25
  • Location: On old mount
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: I. 124
  • Location: On old mount
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: T. Kerrich 1767 / M.C.C.
  • Location: Verso of old mount

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2851
Primary reference Number: 5642

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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