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The Marriage at Cana: P.1680-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The Marriage at Cana
Vita, Passio et Ressurectio Iesu Christi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Collaert, Adriaen
Designer: Vos, Maarten de (After)
Publisher: Collaert, Adriaen

Entities

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

Production date: AD 1598

School or Style

Flemish

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 185 mm Width 219 mm
Sheet Height 291 mm Width 369 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Nuptiae factae sunt in Cana Galileae; et erat mater Iesu ibi. Vocatis est autem et Iesus, et discipuli eius ad nuptias. Ioan. 2.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 13.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: M. de Vos inuent.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Adrian. Collaert Sculp. et excud.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: Unidentified variant

  • Text: Cross of Lorraine
  • Type: Watermark
  • Text: 367
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1680-1991
Primary reference Number: 83181
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 287 II/III
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 186-II
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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