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Temporalis Aeternitas: P.23-2006

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Temporalis Aeternitas
Translated as: Allegory of Transience

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (il Grechetto)

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Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles John Lambert (died 1991) with a life interest to his brother, Michael Lambert, relinquished 2006

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2006) by Lambert, Charles John

Dating

17th Century
Production date: AD 1655

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.23-2006
Primary reference Number: 163282
Bartsch: 27 II

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011

Associated departments & institutions

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

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