The Beheading of Jacob
Maker
(artist)
1523-1605
(publisher)
1600-1676
(engraver)
1500-1699
1523-1605
(publisher)
1600-1676
(engraver)
1500-1699
Title
The Beheading of Jacob
Date of Production
1582
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.2 cm
Width: 26.6 cm
Width: 26.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2958.22
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 edge within image, black ink: "D. IACOBVS APOSTOLVS HERODIS IVSSV OCCIDITVR. Act.12.2."; lower centre edge, black ink: "Jo. Strada. inue. // Io. Galleus excu. // 22. // Ense iubet tereti caput a ceruice Jacobo // Auferri Herodes, luget Ecclesia, dextras // Inijcit in Petrum, quem carcere claudit aheno, // Quod populo gratum Iudeo nosteret eSe. // Acto. Cap.12.3.".
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