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The Siege of La Rochelle: 24.I.8-574

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Siege of La Rochelle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bosse, Abraham

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1628 CE - 1631 CE

Note

Copy after a section of one of the border plates for the large 'Siege of La Rochelle', commissioned in 1628 (top centre plate). See 24.I.8-574a

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 24.I.8-574
Primary reference Number: 188435
Lieure: 660.2 copy
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 21 August 2012 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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