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Oval medallion containing a shroud and two skeletons hanging from a cypress tree: 30.I.17-140

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Oval medallion containing a shroud and two skeletons hanging from a cypress tree
Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Della Bella, Stefano
Publisher: Mariette, Pierre II

Entities

Categories

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1647

Note

Ninth in a series of twelve numbered plates. Later state published by Mariette.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 30.I.17-140
Primary reference Number: 179367
Vesme/Massar: 1023 II/II
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 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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