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Melchizedek Offering Bread and Wine to Abraham: P.6-1937

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Melchizedek Offering Bread and Wine to Abraham

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Borgianni, Orazio
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)

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Notes

History note: Transferred from the University Library to whom they were given by Mrs. Pearson after the death of her husband, Karl Pearson, Hon. Fellow of King's College.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1837) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1615

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.6-1937
Primary reference Number: 128270
Bartsch: 13
Illustrated Bartsch: 13 (317)

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 May 2013

Associated departments & institutions

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

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