Noah is commanded to build the Ark.
Maker
(artist)
1498-1574
(publisher)
1629-1658
(engraver)
1533-1578
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
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
Keywords
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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