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Servants butchering cattle in preparation for the banquet

Maker

(artist)
1498-1574

(engraver)
1522-1590

(publisher)
1600-1676

Title

Servants butchering cattle in preparation for the banquet

Date of Production

1558-1559 / 1674

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.4 cm
Width: 26.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2960.264

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











butcher




Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge within image, black ink: "Ad Nuptias celestes omnes quidem inuitantur, sed // plurimi venire detrectant, maxime rebus seculi hu // ius addicti, superbi, et carnales: ab ijstde quo, // que eijcitur qui ueste nuptiali indute no erat"; lower centre within image, black ink: "MHeemskerck. Inve."; lower left corner within image, black ink: "Ioan Galle excudit"; lower right corner within image, black ink: "1"; lower centre edge, black ink: "Ecce, prandium meum paravi, tauri mei et altilia occisa sunt, et omnia parata, venite ad nuptias. Matth. 22. 4.". Mount, Recto: lower left corner, black print: "Theatrum Biblicum, 1674.".

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