PrintsNetherlandish16th-17th century

Mattathias Kills the Jew and the King's Officer

1574

Artists

Johannes WierixArtist

Gerard van GroeningenArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

image: 18.8 × 28.5 cm (7 3/8 × 11 1/4 in.) plate: 20.3 × 28.5 cm (8 × 11 1/4 in.) sheet: 21 × 29.2 cm (8 1/4 × 11 1/2 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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