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Herdswoman watering her cows: P.2246-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Herdswoman watering her cows

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de
Painter: Le Prince, Jean Baptiste (After)

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 1755

Note

I/II?

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 221 mm Width 165 mm
Sheet Height 221 mm Width 165 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Le Prince pinxit
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: St. Non Sc.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1755.
  • Location: Plate lower right, following the above
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2246-1991
Primary reference Number: 95468
Le Blanc: 24
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 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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