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Three steers with a sleeping herdsman: P.1837-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Three steers with a sleeping herdsman
Eight prints of various animals

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Laer, Pieter van

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of 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 1636

Note

I/II (?).

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 129 mm Width 171 mm
Sheet Height 129 mm Width 171 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1837-1991
Primary reference Number: 93957
Bartsch: 3
Illustrated Bartsch: 3
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 3 I/II (?)
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Audit data

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