Plate 2 from the Book of Maccabees
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1532-1603
(engraver)
1500-1699
(engraver)
1539-1618
After
(designer)
1550-1599 (active) (Life dates)
(publisher)
1587-1652
(artist)
1532-1603
(engraver)
1500-1699
(engraver)
1539-1618
After
(designer)
1550-1599 (active) (Life dates)
(publisher)
1587-1652
Title
Plate 2 from the Book of Maccabees
Date of Production
c. 1574 and/or 1643/1674
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2957.10
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: lower centre, black ink: "Mathathias Sacerdos aemulator legis diuinae Iudeo Dijs gentium Timolaturo et Antiochi praefecto per zelum caesis, reliquis Deum // timentibus Iudeis in desertis se abdidit. Machab: 1. Cap: 2. 14. // 2". Mount, Recto: lower left edge, black print: "Theatrum Biblicum, 1674. M. de VOS (?)".
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