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Unknown Man: 3889

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Unknown Man

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 66 mm
Width: 53 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham

Dating

Production date: after AD 1880

Note

Formerly catalogued as French School, but H.W. suggests German, or more probably a fake after 1880.

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Watercolour

Components of the work

Support composed of ivory

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour on ivory

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3889
Primary reference Number: 17947
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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