PrintsDutch16th century

Absalom Conspiring outside the Gates of Jerusalem

c. 1574

Artists

Johannes WierixArtist

Maerten de VosArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

Dutch

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 19.9 x 25.8 cm (7 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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