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Absalom consoles Tamar, who is putting ashes on her head: M.H-I-139

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Absalom consoles Tamar, who is putting ashes on her head
The Story of Tamar and Amnon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Philips
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus
Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)

Entities

Categories

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

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1559

Note

State I/III

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.H-I-139
Primary reference Number: 143512
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 89 (Galle)
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 238 (Heemskerck)
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 26 (Galle)
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 114 (Heemskerck)
Kerrich: p.23
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 2 December 2013 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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