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Ornamental panel with a blank escutcheon surmounted by a ducal crown and flanked by two female figures; the fleur-de-lys of France below: 24.K.12-6

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ornamental panel with a blank escutcheon surmounted by a ducal crown and flanked by two female figures; the fleur-de-lys of France below
Les Portières à la Couronne ducale

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Caylus, Philippe de Thubières, comte de
Draughtsman: Gillot, Claude (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Note

One of a set of four ornamental prints. The print has been pasted onto a sheet which has then been bound into the album, but the sheet has been trimmed to fit into the binding, removing the lower edge of the print (and also 24.K.12-5 to the left)

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 24.K.12-6
Primary reference Number: 181405
Populus (Gillot): 260
BN Inventaire (18thC): 281
Stable URI

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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