print
- Museum number
- D,5.94
- Title
- Series: The story of Daniel, Bel and the dragon
- Description
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The destruction of the statue of Bel; Cyrus and Daniel watch as the idol is smashed to pieces by men with hammers and picks; in the foreground a child urinates into the mouth of the statues head; after Heemskerck. 1565
Engraving
- Production date
- 1565
- Dimensions
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Height: 205 millimetres
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Width: 246 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For comment see D,5.85.
The preparatory drawing for this print (in pen and brown ink, indentend) was formerly in the collection of Arthur Feldmann but confiscated by the Gestapo; its current location is unknown.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2009 Jun-Sep, New York, Mus of Biblical Art, Scripture for the Eyes
2009/10 Oct-Jan, Atlanta, Michael C Carlos Museum, Scripture for the Eyes
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Acquisition notes
- For the probable provenance from Sir Hans Sloane, see the comment on D,5.1.
There is no indication of provenance on the verso.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- D,5.94