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Murder of Amnon, The

Maker

(artist)
1656-1746

(engraver)
1714-1759

(publisher)
1714-1759

Title

Murder of Amnon, The

Date of Production

1758

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.4 cm
Width: 14.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2933.95

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: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : within frame : Amnonis incestus morte punitus. II Sam. XIII. v. 28. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Trepisani pinx[colon] Venet. Phil[colon] Andr. Kilian, Sculps[colon] A. V. / Peccatum cum consummatum fuerit, generat mortem. Iac. I. v.15. / Der Schwester Blut-Schand rucht des Bruders scharfer Stahl, so sturzt die Unkeuschheit ins Ungluck auf einmal. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower left margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Kilian, Index Pict. Chalc. 1758 //

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