Landscape with fishermen laying nets: PD.4-1975

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Landscape with fishermen laying nets

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Moreau, Louis Gabriel (Moreau the elder)

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Legal notes

From the Biffen Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 248 mm
Width: 380 mm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1975) by Executors of Henry Rogers Broughton

School or Style

Materials used in production

Ground (material)
Gouache

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Gouache on prepared paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: LM
Location: Lower left
Type: Signature

Related exhibitions

French Eighteenth Century Drawings in the Fitzwilliam Museum

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.4-1975
Primary reference Number: 6681
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 24 May 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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            University of Cambridge}}

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