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A brown stone vase of flowers with a bird's nest on a marble slab: PD.1040-1973

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A brown stone vase of flowers with a bird's nest on a marble slab

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Spaendonck, Gerard van

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Description

Framed as a pair with PD.1041-1973

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Gouache

Components of the work

Sight Size Diameter 79 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: G. van Spaendonck
  • Location: Lower left of centre on marble slab
  • Type: Signature

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.1040-1973
Primary reference Number: 2027
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 27 July 2023 Last processed: Thursday 27 July 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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