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View of the Ruins of the Tower of Babylon

Maker

(artist)

(engraver)

(publisher)
active 1660-1681 (Life dates)

Title

View of the Ruins of the Tower of Babylon

Date of Production

1679

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.2 cm
Width: 29 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2899

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

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Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, black ink: “pag. 94//”; upper centre, black ink: “Prospectus Ruderum TURRIS / BABEL. ex parte Septentrionali / observatus per Petrum a valle //”. Mount: below the image, centre, typed, black ink: “FLEMISH SCHOOL//”; lower right, typed, black ink: “Turris Babel, Amsterdam, 1679.//”.

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