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Two grotesque masks: 2979

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Two grotesque masks

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Floris, Cornelis II

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Notes

History note: Padre Resta?; Giovanni Marchetti? Chevalier Marchetti, John Talman (d.1726); John Lord Somers?; The Rev. Thomas Kerrich (1748-1828), father of the donor, his MS Catalogue (in possession of OEP Wyatt, 1967), p. 22

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Measurements and weight

Height: 131 mm
Width: 193 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Light brown ink
Light-brown wash
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen, light-brown ink, light-brown wash over traces of black chalk, on paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2979
Primary reference Number: 4647

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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