print
- Museum number
- Qq,6I.2
- Title
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Object: Colossus Solis
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Series: The Seven Wonders of the World
- Description
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The Colossus of Rhodes; a statue holding a flaming torch and with a sceptre stands astride a harbour entrance; in the foreground various sculptors carve a colossal head; decorated border; plate 2; copy of a print by Crispijn de Passe after Maarten de Vos.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1614 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 225 millimetres
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Width: 260 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For comment see 1981,U.894. For the original print see M,37.59.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Acquisition notes
- For comment on the likely provenance from Sloane, see Qq,6A.1.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Qq,6I.2
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: 1981,U.895