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Allegory of lust: a seated man wearing a crown lined with women's faces: P.97-1948

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Allegory of lust: a seated man wearing a crown lined with women's faces

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1948) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

17th Century#
1642 -

Note

Impression trimmed to borderline: lettering in margin cut.

School or Style

Bohemian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.97-1948
Primary reference Number: 203102
New Hollstein (German): 653 I/II
Pennington: 487
Stephens/George: 1021
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Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023 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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