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FDA-P.463-2013

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Object number

FDA-P.463-2013

Object type

painting

Identification

Title

Grave Digger

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Painted scene in a cemetary or churchyard, with grave digger digging soil from a grave, other figures watching him, human bones, trees and marked graves

Comments

It has been suggested that this work may illustrate Act 5 of Hamlet.

Description

Dimensions

height (sight size): 366mm
width (sight size): 315mm
height (frame): 541mm
width (frame): 493mm
depth (frame): 36mm

Materials & techniques note

Oil on canvas

Physical description

Painted black frame with gold fillet

Production

Date

c.1730

Note

English

History and association

Object history note

Provenance: Sold through Phillips, Son & Neale, London, in c.1975 as by Bassano; from which sale purchased by David Dallas; by whom presented to Eton College in c.2003

Exhibited: 'Elemental', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 6 November 2025 to 14 June 2026 (catalogue number 28)
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