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Dance of Cupids: P.1699-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Dance of Cupids

Maker(s)

Printmakers: Wierix family
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)
Designer: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

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 1565

Note

III/IV.

School or Style

Flemish

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 101 mm Width 156 mm
Sheet Height 101 mm Width 156 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1565
  • Location: Image upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: AE. II
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: [fragment of a letter - cut]
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Black ink (?)
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: E.o-o-6.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Marc Antonio
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: d / t
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1699-1991
Primary reference Number: 83259
Hendrickx: 1713 III/IV
Alvin: 1559
Stable URI

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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