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Vulcan: P.1602-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Vulcan
Mythological Gods and Goddesses in Niches

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Caraglio, Jacopo
Draughtsman: Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1526

Note

I/IV [?]. Slightly blurred impression.

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 216 mm Width 111 mm
Sheet Height 269 mm Width 169 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 19
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: .AVREA.MI.CONIVNX.VENVS.EST.SATVRNIA.MATER. ['N' reversed]
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: cut fragment of collector's label

  • Text: 19 [?cut]
  • Location: Verso
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1602-1991
Primary reference Number: 82952
Bartsch: 42
Illustrated Bartsch: 42
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: .042 S1 I/IV
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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