The crossing of the Red Sea, by Johan Wierix, after Marten van Cleve

An image of Album / Print. The crossing of the Red Sea, from The story of Moses and the Pharaoh. Wierix, Johan (Flemish, c. 1549- c.1620). Jode, Gerard de (publisher, Dutch, 1509/17-1591). After Cleve, Marten I van (Netherlandish, 1527-1581). Engraving, circa 1585. State I//IV. Flemish/Dutch.

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Album / Print. The crossing of the Red Sea, from The story of Moses and the Pharaoh. Wierix, Johan (Flemish, c. 1549- c.1620). Jode, Gerard de (publisher, Dutch, 1509/17-1591). After Cleve, Marten I van (Netherlandish, 1527-1581). Engraving, circa 1585. State I//IV. Flemish/Dutch.

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Accession Number: 24.i.6-63
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2013:07:19 11:46:56

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