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Samia: 22.I.4-130

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Samia
Twelve Sibyls

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (School of)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1530

Note

From a series of book illustrations where the Sibyls are set into a decorative border with scenes from the old and new testaments by Jacob Corneilsz, Van Oostsanen, Springinklee and others.

School or Style

Dutch/ Flemish

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: 22.I.4-130
Primary reference Number: 121210
Bartsch: not in Bartsch
Hollstein Dutch and Flemish: 93
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 314
Old object number: P.4007-R
Old location number: 36.9.34
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 25 May 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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