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Object Type
Museum number: 1870,0625.674
Title: Series: The twelve Patriarchs
Description: Judah, wearing a crown and holding a sceptre, seated besides a lion; nearby is a statue of Jupiter accompanied by his eagle attribute; after Heemskerck Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Dirk Volkertsz Coornhert; After: Maarten van Heemskerck
School/style
Production date: 1550 (circa)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 210 millimetres; Width: 275 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: From a series of twelve plates (New Hollstein 52-63; impressions in the BM 1870,0625.674 ...685). A related drawing in the École des Beau-Arts, PAris (inv. 1686).
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (52) (Maarten van Heemskerck); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (46-57) (Coornhert)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Judah; Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Antonia Brentano; Purchased through: F A C Prestel (sale Frankfurt, 16.v.1870/1089); Purchased through: Colnaghi
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1870
Acquisition notes: Lugt 345 on verso
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1870,0625.674

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