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Temporalis Aeternitas
Translated as: Allegory of Transience
Printmaker: Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (il Grechetto)
Bequeathed by Charles John Lambert (died 1991) with a life interest to his brother, Michael Lambert, relinquished 2006
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2006) by Lambert, Charles John
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1655
Accession number: P.23-2006
Primary reference Number: 163282
Bartsch: 27 II
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Temporalis Aeternitas" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/163282 Accessed: 2024-11-08 08:38:50
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