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Bathsheba Reading the Letter of David: P.1775-1991

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Titles

Bathsheba Reading the Letter of David

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Buytewech, Willem Pietersz.

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Nathaniel Smith (Lugt 2296)?

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 1606 - 1624

Note

III/III (?).

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 163 mm Width 151 mm
Sheet Height 163 mm Width 151 mm

Techniques used in production

Drypoint
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: BETHSAB[A] / 1602
  • Location: Image upper left, on the letter
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: Unidentified variant

  • Text: Shield with diagonal band
  • Type: Watermark
  • Text: dIBx
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: 881
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1775-1991
Primary reference Number: 86136
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 4 III/III (?)
Lugt: 2296 (?)

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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