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A nymph climbing over the clasped hands of two satyrs: P.233-1957

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A nymph climbing over the clasped hands of two satyrs
Bacchanales

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fragonard, Jean Honoré

Entities

Categories

Description

From a set of four plates.

Notes

History note: Eugen Wassermann; Hermann Netter; Sotheby's 19.xii.1957, lot 262.

Legal notes

Bought from the S.G. Perceval Fund, 1957.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1957)

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1763

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.233-1957
Primary reference Number: 184422
BN Inventaire (18thC): 2
Baudicour: 6
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 22 February 2022 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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