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Winged putto with drapery behind, blowing trumpet, sitting astride a diamond-shaped tablet flanked to left, by a scroll, quill and inkpot and to right, by brushes, a palette and a mahlstick: PD.166-1963.f.101

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Titles

Winged putto with drapery behind, blowing trumpet, sitting astride a diamond-shaped tablet flanked to left, by a scroll, quill and inkpot and to right, by brushes, a palette and a mahlstick

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bloemaert, Abraham

Entities

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Notes

History note: Thomas Dawson, Baron Dartrey (1725-1813) [Bookplate]; ?Richard Thomas Dawson; William Esdaile; C. Fairfax Murray, sold Sotheby's, 2-3 December 1920, lot 156, bt. Reader; / Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 30 April 1937, lot 22, bt. Colnaghi for Sir Bruce Ingram (£90.0.0)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir

Dating

Production date: AD 1650 : Watermark: shield bearing a fluer-de-lys, surmounted by a crown.

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Brown wash
White bodycolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper Height 207 mm Width 143 mm
Leaf Height 397 mm Width 301 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Brown wash, graphite and white bodycolour, surrounded by ruled ink line on laid paper, stuck to album leaf

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1650
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Type: Date
  • Text: 97
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.101
Primary reference Number: 81573
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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