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Object Type
Museum number: 1865,0114.833
Description: Allegorical design; interior, with in the foreground a feast, to right an oriental prince, on the table are peacock, a swan and a human skeleton, beyond a staircase leads to two further rooms containing Abraham and three angels, and a priest administering the Host Pen and brown ink and brown wash, over graphite, indented for transfer
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School/style
Production date: 1613-1648
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 149 millimetres; Width: 99 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Possibly a design for the frontispiece of some allegorical work.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; feast/banquet; old testament (?)
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1865,0114.833

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