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Child blowing bubbles, resting on a skull (an allegory of transience): P.85-1958

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Child blowing bubbles, resting on a skull (an allegory of transience)
Quis Evadet?

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik (Attributed)

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1958-07) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1594

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.85-1958
Primary reference Number: 119534
Bartsch: Page 97, No10 (after Goltzius)
Hollstein Dutch and Flemish: 110
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: 0301.160j
Strauss: 323
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 May 2013 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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