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Sheep, Lying Down: P.1767-1991

Awaiting location update

Titles

Sheep, Lying Down
The Set of the Sheep
Woman's Sketchbook I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz. (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

Circa 1650 - 1700

Note

Reverse copy.

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 121 mm Width 164 mm
Sheet Height 127 mm Width 172 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 2
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Inscription present: Unidentified variant

  • Text: Crown - upper part of a garter (?) [cut]
  • Type: Watermark
  • Text: 2/100
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 4G 348 / 12/
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1767-1991
Primary reference Number: 86113
Bartsch: 30 (Copy)
Illustrated Bartsch: 30 (Copy)
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 30 (Copy)

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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