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Portrait of Thomas Hobbes: AD.5.37-55

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of Thomas Hobbes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1665

Note

I. Bapt. Caspar pinxit'. With added line 'Aetatus sue…' to title

School or Style

Bohemian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.5.37-55
Primary reference Number: 194995
New Hollstein (German): 1843 II/III
Pennington: 1417
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Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 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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