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Boccace presenting his book to Mainardo Cavalcanti: P.6349-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Boccace presenting his book to Mainardo Cavalcanti

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Master of the Boccaccio Illustrations

Entities

Categories

Description

Part of a suite consisting of nine plates (L 2-10), with illustrations to the French edition of Boccaccio "De Casibus Illustrium Virorum Et Mulierum"

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

15th Century#
Production date: circa AD 1476

Note

State I/II

School or Style

Netherlandish

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.6349-R
Primary reference Number: 129810
Passavant: 3
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): L.2
Lehrs (Geschichte): 2
Old location number: 35.1.2
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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