DrawingsNetherlandish16th century

The Battle between the Israelites and the Hordes of Amalek

c. 1590

Artists

Jacob Savery IArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Opaque watercolor and shell gold over traces of black chalk on paper mounted overall to wood panel; framing lines in shell gold and dark red opaque watercolor

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

13.4 × 19.5 cm (5 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.) framed: 22.4 × 29 × 2.7 cm (8 13/16 × 11 7/16 × 1 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby's, London, December 13, 1973, lot 88]. Sir John Ropner, baronet. [Sotheby's, New York, January 13, 1989, lot 54]; to A. Alfred Taubman; his sale [Sotheby's, New York, January 27, 2016, lot 23], bought in, sold; to George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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