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Pyramid in Memphis

Maker

(artist)

(engraver)

(publisher)
active 1660-1681 (Life dates)

Title

Pyramid in Memphis

Date of Production

1679

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 27 cm
Width: 18.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2900

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: Recto: above the image, upper centre, black ink: “TURRIS BABEL LIB. II 67”; within the image, upper centre, black ink: “Pyramides Omnium Superstitum Antiquitatum / vetustissimce integrae et adhuc incorruptae a / priscis AEgypti Regibus Chami poste- / ris exstructae//”; in a cartouche, black ink: “Barbara Pyramidum sileat miracula / Memphis. Martialis. l.i. //”; close to depictions of cities and monuments, black ink: “Memphis / Nilus Fluv. / Nilus Fluv. / Heliopolis / Cryptae Subterranae / Crypta Subterr. //”. Mount: below the image, centre, typed, black ink: “FLEMISH SCOOL//”; lower left corner, typed, black ink: “Turris Babel, Amsterdam, 1679.//”.

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