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Object Type
print
Museum number
Sheepshanks.7435
Description
The Angel announcing to Manoah and his wife the birth of Samson. The couple kneeling in front of a burning altar at right, an angel appearing from the smoke, a tree beyond Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Willem Basse
Published by:
Hendrik Hondius I
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1628-1648
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
262 millimetres
Width:
201 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(1)
Rovinski 1894 / L'oeuvre gravé des élèves de Rembrandt
(unnumbered)
(described in col.65)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
old testament
angel
Associated names
Representation of:
Manoah
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Sheepshanks
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.7435
Additional IDs
Other BM number:
S.7435