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An elephant and an animal trainer: 30.I.17-443

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

An elephant and an animal trainer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Della Bella, Stefano (After)

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Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: after AD 1647

Note

Copy after an etching by Stefano Della Bella for the series of twenty-four plates called 'Diversi capricci' (De Vesme 128-151), in reverse direction. Part of a set, numbered '4' lower right. De Vesme records a set of copies published by Melchior Kusel in Augsburg.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 30.I.17-443
Primary reference Number: 178762
Vesme/Massar: 143 reverse copy
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 3 September 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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