Pyramid in Memphis
Maker
(artist)
(engraver)
(publisher)
active 1660-1681 (Life dates)
(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
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
Keywords
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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