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Noah is commanded to build the Ark.

Maker

(artist)
1498-1574

(publisher)
1629-1658

(engraver)
1533-1578

Title

Noah is commanded to build the Ark.

Date of Production

1558 - 1560 and/or 1674

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 24.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2960.299

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: upper left corner within image, black ink: "d"; upper right corner within image, black ink: "nin? // FAC TIBI ARCAM E LIGNIS GOPHER, SEPTIS DISTINGUITO, // PICATO FAM PICI etc."; lower left corner within image, black ink: "M. Hemskerck invent. // ICVisscher excudebat"; lower right corner within image, black ink: "Cor. Cort. fcit. // 1"; lower centre edge, black ink: "Ne pereat volucrumque genus, pecudumque, hominumque: Extrue de lignis ingentem levibus arcam. Genesis Cap.6. Vers.14.". Mount, Recto: lower left corner, black print: "Theatrum Biblicum, 1674.".

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