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Under the supervision of Nimrod, a Roman general is shown a plan of the Babel tower, in progress in the background

Maker

(artist)
1640-1711

(engraver)
born 1654 or 1655, died after 1701 (Life dates)

Title

Under the supervision of Nimrod, a Roman general is shown a plan of the Babel tower, in progress in the background

Date of Production

1679

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 32.2 cm
Width: 21.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.1757

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : within image & recto : : ATHANASII KIRCHER // S.I. // TURRIS BABEL// G. Laires. delin. I.V. Munnicuysen Schul. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Amstelodami Apud Ianssonio Waesbergios. 1679 //

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