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The Entombment
Vouet, Simon
(Painter)
History note: John Thirtle, Norwich; Adrian Merz, Ambleside; with P & D Colnaghi & Co., London, from whom bought
From the Marlay Fund.
Height: 56.5 cm
Width: 41.5 cm
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Method of acquisition: Bought
(1959)
by
P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd
Circa 1635 - 1638
Possibly a modello for the painting commissioned by Pierre Seguier several versions of which are known, but of which the principal one generally is considered that in Epinal, Musée des Beaux-Arts (no. 32).
Support composed of panel (wood) ( mahogany)
Painting (image-making) : Oil on panel
Accession number: PD.8-1959
Primary reference Number: 2997
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: M.7-1926
Accession Number: 22.I.5-133
Accession Number: M.12-1933
Accession Number: M.5-1918
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