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Salt cellar with putti sitting on griffins at the base: 3.I.22-142

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Salt cellar with putti sitting on griffins at the base
Salt cellars and Cartouches

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lepautre, Jean
Publisher: Le Blond, Jean I

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Categories

Description

Plate 2 in a series of six plates with richly decorated frames.

Notes

History note: Zaccaria Sagredo (1653-1729)

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: before AD 1667

Note

State I, published by Jean Leblond I

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3.I.22-142
Primary reference Number: 183202
BN Inventaire (17thC): 1881 I/II

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 20 January 2012

Associated departments & institutions

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

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