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Object Type
Museum number: Sheepshanks.2299
Description: 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. Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Herman van Swanevelt; Published by: Pierre Mariette I
School/style
Production date: 1629-1641
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
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Dimensions: Height: 252 millimetres; Width: 319 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See Curatorial Comment for S,2296.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (5.V); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (II.314.111)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
Previous owner
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.2299
Additional IDs: Other BM number: S.2299

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