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Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: M.H-I-141

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz (After)
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)
Publisher: Nobili, Pietro de'

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Description

By an anonymous artist from the School of Fontainebleau. Below the image is some Latin text referring to the meeting of Cleopatra and Marc Anthony. With the publishing address of Pietro de'Nobili.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

Note

Etched in reverse after a print by Coornhert after [a drawing by?] Heemskerck.

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.H-I-141
Primary reference Number: 142838
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 116 reverse copy (Heemskerck)

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 4 January 2013

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Solomon and the Queen of Sheba" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/142838 Accessed: 2024-05-09 12:23:52

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