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Bearded old man wearing a shoulder-length headdress, facing right: P.1627-1991

Object information

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Titles

Bearded old man wearing a shoulder-length headdress, facing right
Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (il Grechetto)

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Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1645 CE - 1650 CE

Note

II/II (?). Inked in a way so as to avoid printing the oxidation spots on the plate on the left shoulder of the old man (?).

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 109 mm Width 80 mm
Sheet Height 112.5 mm Width 83 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1627-1991
Primary reference Number: 83021
Bartsch: 36
Illustrated Bartsch: 36
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: .036 II/II
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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