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The Body of a Holy Person is Lowered into a Coffin While a Seated Figure to the Right and Others Mourn.: P.3911-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Body of a Holy Person is Lowered into a Coffin While a Seated Figure to the Right and Others Mourn.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Monogrammist T. B.

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

Dating

Production date: AD 1781

Note

Later impressions taken from blocks in Viena with additional text below.

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down)
Image Height 120 mm Width 113 mm
Sheet Height 168 mm Width 137 mm

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Tabula ligno incisa, que in Avg. Bibliotheca/ Cef. Vindobonensi asservatur.
  • Location: Below image
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: M. DCC. LXXXI.
  • Location: Below image
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: TB
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: G P. P
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.3911-R
Primary reference Number: 107892
Bartsch: 1 (Vol IX p.437)
Old location number: 36.3.48
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 28 January 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Body of a Holy Person is Lowered into a Coffin While a Seated Figure to the Right and Others Mourn." Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/107892 Accessed: 2024-12-26 09:19:08

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/107892 |title=The Body of a Holy Person is Lowered into a Coffin While a Seated Figure to the Right and Others Mourn. |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-26 09:19:08|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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