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Tower of Babel: 22.I.7-214

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tower of Babel
Illustrations to the old testament

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

School or Style

German

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: 22.I.7-214
Primary reference Number: 121601
Bartsch: 7 (230)
Pauli: 282
Hollstein German: P.166
Illustrated Bartsch: [7] (230)
Old location number: 37.5.1g
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 23 September 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tower of Babel" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/121601 Accessed: 2024-05-05 14:06:50

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