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Man Supporting a Chest on his Back, With a Port Scene Behind (Frontispiece): P.1634-1991

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Titles

Man Supporting a Chest on his Back, With a Port Scene Behind (Frontispiece)
Eight Marine Scenes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Collignon, François (Probably by)
Printmaker: Della Bella, Stefano (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: A Chariatte (Lugt 88a)

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: circa AD 1639 : Later impression on wove paper (late 18th Century?)

Note

Copy after Della Bella. III/III.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Plate Height 129 mm Width 209 mm
Sheet Height 139 mm Width 217 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: AL Sermo Principe / D. Lorenzo di Toscana & / Di VAS.ma / Umilisso et obligmo sere / Stefa. della Bella DD
  • Location: Image upper centre, on the chest
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 1
  • Location: Plate lower right corner
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Inscription present: initials in a rectangle

  • Text: AC
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Stamped red ink
  • Type: Collector's mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1634-1991
Primary reference Number: 83037
Vesme/Massar: 810 III/III
Lugt: 88a

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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