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The brazen serpent: P.2251-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The brazen serpent

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Subleyras, Pierre Hubert

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Charles Haudet (?) (1818); unknown collector (La Ly?) (1829)

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 1727

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 202 mm Width 236 mm
Sheet Height 202 mm Width 236 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Subleyras in. pinx. et Sculp.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Tabula à Petro Subleyras Parisiis depicta hic leviter adumbrata, quae primum prae= / mium in Regia Accademia meruit -
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: anno 1727 -
  • Location: Plate lower centre, following the above
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: 4/10
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Chas Haudet [?] au Louvre 1818
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Collector's mark
  • Text: La Ly / 1829.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Collector's mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2251-1991
Primary reference Number: 95474
Robert-Dumesnil: 2
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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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