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Small grotesque head: P.2684-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Small grotesque head
Head of a man

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ribera, Jusepe de (lo Spagnoletto)
Publisher: Wyngaerde, Frans van den

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Notes

History note: Collection of the Rev. Thomas Kerrich

Legal notes

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

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1622

Note

II/II.

School or Style

Spanish

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 145 mm Width 111 mm
Sheet Height 152 mm Width 116 mm

Techniques used in production

Surface tone
Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: HISP RIBERA [in the form of two monograms)
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: 1622
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: F. - V. - Wyn. ex.
  • Location: Plate lower left, centre, right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2684-R
Primary reference Number: 93627
Bartsch: 8 II/II
Illustrated Bartsch: 8
Brown (Ribera): 10 II/II

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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