print
- Museum number
- 1968,1018.1.75
- Title
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Object: The idolatry of Baal-Peor, Zimri and Cozbi lower left
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Series: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginabus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus
- Description
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The Israelites embracing various pagan rites; to right, a man flirting with a woman holding a statuette; various small idols seen at their feet; to left, a man attacking a couple of lovers in a tent; behind, a group of men and women worshipping a statue of a multi-breasted Goddess (Artemis); a small temple seen to right, with a procession with a bull (Num. 25).
Engraving and etching with contemporary colouring
- Production date
- 1585
- Dimensions
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Height: 191 millimetres
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Width: 260 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See curator's comment for 1968-10-18-1-(72).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1968,1018.1.75
