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Mars and Venus netted by Vulcan: AD.1.18-565

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mars and Venus netted by Vulcan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus

Entities

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century
Production date: circa AD 1627

School or Style

Bohemian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.1.18-565
Primary reference Number: 195265
New Hollstein (German): 34
Old location number: 37.11.34d

Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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