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Five butterflies and noths, two beetles and a fly: P.171-1943

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Five butterflies and noths, two beetles and a fly

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of G.A. Cardew (d.1941) [L.1134]; sold (Sotheby's) 20 January 1943, part of lot 198

Legal notes

Bought with the Print Duplicates Fund, 1943

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1943) by Unknown

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1646

School or Style

Bohemian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.171-1943
Primary reference Number: 195272
New Hollstein (German): 927
Pennington: 2185
Lugt: 1134
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Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 Updated: Wednesday 29 June 2022 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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