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The Bride and Ransom Turned Over to Allucius: P.1704-1991

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Titles

The Bride and Ransom Turned Over to Allucius
The Story of Scipio Africanus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Furnius, Pieter Jalhea (Attributed)
Designer: Groenning, Gerard P. (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: circa AD 1571

Note

I/II.

School or Style

Flemish

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 205 mm Width 247 mm
Sheet Height 207 mm Width 250 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: BENEFICENTIA
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Auri pondus pro redimenda - Virgine a parentibus allatum - Imperator doti quam a socero / accepturus erat Allucius superaddidit
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: Unidentified variant

  • Text: Unidentified
  • Type: Watermark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1704-1991
Primary reference Number: 83275
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 198 I/II

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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