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Study of the head of a camel: 30.I.17-297

Object information

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Titles

Study of the head of a camel
Recueil de diverses pieces Servant à l'art de portraiture

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Della Bella, Stefano

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Note

Numbered lower right: 18. In this state the plate was reused for 'Recueil de quarante griffonements & épreuves d'eau forte par Della Bella', This edition contained 40 plates from four different series of etchings by Della Bella. Vesme thought it likely that the publisher was Francois Basan and that it was published c.1770.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 30.I.17-297
Primary reference Number: 179166
Vesme/Massar: 355 II/II
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011 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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