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Child and skull, allegory of transience: V.4-90

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Child and skull, allegory of transience
Quis Evadet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Goltzius, Hendrik (After)

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur

Note

Copy in reverse after the engraving attributed to Goltzius, with his monogram lower left. Sheet trimmed close to borderline.

School or Style

Netherlandish

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: V.4-90
Primary reference Number: 178150
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: 0301.160j C6
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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