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Object Type
Museum number: D,6.80
Title: Series: The Story of Samson
Description: The angel departing from Manoah and his wife; the couple kneeling before a sacrificial pyre with a burning goat and the angel rising over the flames; after Maarten de Vos. Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Antonius Wierix; After: Maarten de Vos; Published by: Gerard de Jode
School/style
Production date: 1585 (circa)
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Technique
Dimensions: Height: 195 millimetres; Width: 278 millimetres (cut)
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Curator's comments: From a series of seven plates (Hollstein 91-97 [de Vos]).
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (91) (Maarten de Vos); Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1979 / Les Estampes des Wierix ... catalogue raisonné (24); Alvin 1866 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères Jan, Jérome et Antoine Wierix (90); New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (102) (De Jode dynasty: Gherard)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1753
Acquisition notes: For comment on the probable provenance from Sir Hans Sloane, see D,6.1 There is no indication of provenance on the verso.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: D,6.80

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