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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1949,0709.122
Title: Series: The story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
Description: The three Jews brought before Nebuchadnezzar; the King rides on horseback and is shaded under a canopy; the Jews are brought before him flanked by soldiers with the giant golden statue in the distance; after Heemskerck. 1565 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Philips Galle; After: Maarten van Heemskerck
School/style: Netherlandish
Production date: 1565
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 205 millimetres; Width: 245 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For comment see 1949,0709.121. A related drawing in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (see K.G. Boon, 'Netherlandish drawings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries', The Hague 1978, no. 303).
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (171.I) (Maarten van Heemskerck)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Nebuchadnezzar II; Representation of: Shadrach; Representation of: Meshach; Representation of: Abednego
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Colnaghi
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Liechtenstein
Acquisition date: 1949
Acquisition notes: One of a group of 256 prints selected from the Liechtenstein collection after Heemskerk and Lambert Lombard.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1949,0709.122

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