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Plate 1 from the Book of Esther

Maker

(engraver)
1500-1699

(publisher)
1587-1652

(artist)
born 1544 or 1549, died 1638 (Life dates)

Attributed to
(engraver)
ca. 1530-1581 (Life dates)

Title

Plate 1 from the Book of Esther

Date of Production

1674

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 29 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2957.35

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: lower centre edge within image, black ink: "ICVisscher excud."; lower right corner within image, black ink: "i"; lower centre edge, black ink: "Sola placet regi multis e millibus Hester Hinc regale decus suscipit in capite. Hester. cap.2.17.". Mount, Recto: lower centre left edge, black print: "Theatrum Biblicum, 1674. // M. de VOS".

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