Amasa is slain by Joab
Maker
(artist)
1532-1603
(printmaker)
1560-1618
(publisher)
1537-1612
1532-1603
(printmaker)
1560-1618
(publisher)
1537-1612
Title
Amasa is slain by Joab
Dimensions
Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 24.3 cm
Width: 24.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2541
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
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: within image, lower: “M. de Vos inven. / Adria. Collaert Sculp. //”; lower margin: “V. Dixit itaque Ioab ad Amasan, Salve mi frater. Et tenuit manu dextra mentum Amase, quasi osculans eum. Porro Amasa non observavit gladiu, quem habebat Ioab[colon] / qui percussit eu in latere, et effudit intestina eius in terram etc. Ascendit itaq Banaias filius Ioiade et aggressus eu interfecit, sepultusqe est in domo sua in deserto. 2. Reg. 3. //”.
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