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Hebrew messenger before the Ammon King

Maker

(artist)
1570-1634

(engraver)
born 1595

(publisher)

Title

Hebrew messenger before the Ammon King

Date of Production

1674

Dimensions

Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 28 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2960.111

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: within image, lower: “P. de Iode inven. C. Ryckemans Schulp. CJVisscher excud. //”; lower margin: “Ammonium ad Regem, mittit Dux Ieptha legatos, / Et quae sit belli causa rogare jubet. / Iud. Cap. 11. vers. 12. / Ingentem terrae partem Rex hisce regessit, / Iudaei populi surripuere mihi. / 2 //”; lower margin, typed, later Witt inscription: “Theatrum Biblicum, 1674. //”.

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