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Object Type
Museum number: 1845,0809.380
Description: Ornamental engraving, the tree of Jesse; Jesse is sleeping to the left and a tendril grows from him towards the right, forming loops; King David and eleven other kings move through the branches towards the right, where the Virgin with Child is seated Engraving
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Production date: 1465-1500 (c.)
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Dimensions: Height: 48 millimetres (borderline); Width: 255 millimetres
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Curator's comments: According to Lehrs, an independent work by Meckenem. Pendant to L 603 (on the same mount). Cf. also L 618 (registered as E.1_129).
Bibliographic references: Lehrs 1908-34 / Geschichte und kritische Katalog des deutschen, niederländischen und französischen Kupferstichs im XV Jahrhundert (IX.448.602); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VI.281.203); Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (602)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2001 Sep-Nov, Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Jheronimus Bosch 2016 Jul-Sep, Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, 'Israhel van Meckenem'
Subjects: ornament; virgin and child
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: King David; Representation of: Jesse
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1845
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1845,0809.380

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