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Landscape with an obelisk
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(Printmaker)
History note: Sir Edward Astley (Lugt 2775), not specifically identifiable in the 1760 sale
Height: 85 mm
Width: 164 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1816)
by
Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
17th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1650
II/II. Counterproof.
Support composed of laid paper ( chainlines vertical (23.5mm))
Inscription present: Lugt 2775
Inscription present: Lugt 932
Accession number: 23.K.5-311
Primary reference Number: 81759
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): B227 II/II Counterproof
Biörklund/Barnard: BB50-3 II/II
Lugt: 932
Lugt: 2775
Old location number: 38.11.7b
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Landscape with an obelisk"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/81759 Accessed: 2022-06-27 22:03:46
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Accession Number: C.119-1932
Accession Number: E.SS.74
Accession Number: C.2424-1928
Accession Number: AD.12.39-403
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