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Walled garden with figures running through fountains: 30.I.12-11

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Walled garden with figures running through fountains
Vedute de' Giardini (Views of Gardens)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baur, Johann Wilhelm

Entities

Categories

Description

Havard Art Museums calls their impression 'Villa d'Este, Fountain of the Owl (?)'. Kusel's copy (in reverse) has the title 'Waterworks and Fountains in the Garden of Cardinal Aldobrandini at Frascati'

Notes

History note: John MacGowan [L.1496]

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1636

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 30.I.12-11
Primary reference Number: 307586
Hollstein (German): 31
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 16 December 2021 Updated: Thursday 16 December 2021 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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