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Paradise Lost: P.11643-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Paradise Lost
Dance of Death

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus
Publisher: Pitau, Nicolas I

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Categories

Description

From a series of thirty plates, enclosed within one of three borders designed by Abraham a Diepenbecke

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1920) by Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert, Sir, Bart

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1651

Note

Pitau's edition: within the 'Time and Eternity' border with his address, and the artists' monograms added to the central plate.

School or Style

Bohemian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.11643-R
Primary reference Number: 169895
Pennington: 234-II

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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