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Unknown Lady: 3717

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Doort, Jacob Van der

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 60 mm
Width: 46 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1615

Note

Catalogued as 'Danish School, formerly attributed to Jacob Van der Doort' but re-attributed by Graham Reynolds, Apollo, November 1985.

School or Style

Danish

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of silver

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on silver

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3717
Primary reference Number: 17850

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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