print
- Museum number
- Sheepshanks.2296
- Description
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Balaam's ass; the prophet riding the ass at left, holding aloft the stick with which he intends to hit the animal; the angel standing next to them, pulling a sword out of its scabbard; a stream beyond a dead tree in right foreground; proof before letters.
Etching
- Production date
- 1620-1655
- Dimensions
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Height: 233 millimetres
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Width: 312 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For two impressions of the second state, see 1873,0809.917 and S,2295, the fourth state, see S,2298, for the fifth state S,2299 and for the sixth state, S,2297.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Acquisition notes
- For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Sheepshanks.2296
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: S.2296
