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Figures from the Book of Judges, Elon and Abdon

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1532-1603

(engraver)
1500-1599

(publisher)

After
(designer)
born 1544 or 1549, died 1638 (Life dates)

(printmaker)
ca. 1530-1581 (Life dates)

Title

Figures from the Book of Judges, Elon and Abdon

Date of Production

1674

Dimensions

Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 26.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2960.103

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: within image, upper: “Elon. / Abdon //”; within image, lower: “11 / Iudicum. 12.11. / 12 / Iudicum. 12.13. //”; lower margin: “Elon suscepit dum ditia regna, gubernat / Consilio cunctos, iustitaque fouet. / Eloni multa successit prole beatus / Abdon, consilio iudicioque potens. / 5 //”; lower margin, typed, later Witt inscription: “Theatrum Biblicum, 1674. M. de VOS (?) //”.

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