Servants butchering cattle in preparation for the banquet
Maker
(artist)
1498-1574
(engraver)
1522-1590
(publisher)
1600-1676
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
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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