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Fountain with a unicorn and two putti: P.2187-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Fountain with a unicorn and two putti
Nouveau livre de fontaines

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huquier, Gabriel
Designer: Oppenord, Gilles Marie (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of 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 1737

Note

Illustration from 'Le Moyen Oppenord'.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 124 mm Width 192 mm
Sheet Height 124 mm Width 192 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Oppenor inv.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Huquier Sculp. et excud
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: man on horseback

  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Graffiti

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2187-1991
Primary reference Number: 95314
BN Inventaire (18thC): 1021 - 1032
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 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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