Queen Semiramidis Attacked by a Lion
Maker
(artist)
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(publisher)
active 1660-1681 (Life dates)
(engraver)
(publisher)
active 1660-1681 (Life dates)
Title
Queen Semiramidis Attacked by a Lion
Date of Production
1679
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Width: 23.4 cm
Width: 23.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2904
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 left margin, black ink: “Cap. V. //”; upper right margin, black ink: “Sect. II//”; within the image, in a cartouche, black ink: “Eclypon Reginae Semiramidis cum / Leone concertantis: referente He- / rodoto et Diodoro, Etesia extrac- / tum, juxta figuram in Ismendis Mo- / numentis depictam. //.” Mount: below the image, centre, typed, black ink: “FLEMISH SCHOOL//”; lower right corner, black ink: “Turris Babel, Amsterdam, 1679.//”
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