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The Lute-Maker (Master John Blockhead): 23.I.8-81

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Lute-Maker (Master John Blockhead)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huys, Frans
Painter: Massys, Cornelis (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Note

State with the frieze of dancing peasants added above the hearth. Publisher's initials lower right erased.

School or Style

Netherlandish

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.I.8-81
Primary reference Number: 143931
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 31
Nagler (Monogrammisten): 2149
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 3 September 2019 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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