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Ahab rending his clothes upon hearing Elijah's curse: M.H-I-156

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ahab rending his clothes upon hearing Elijah's curse
The Story of Ahab, Jezebel and Naboth

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Visscher, Claes Jansz. (Piscator)
Printmaker: Galle, Philips (After)
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)

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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 1561

Note

Copy in the same direction after a set of engravings by Galle

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.H-I-156
Primary reference Number: 143530
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 38 copy
Kerrich: p.26
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 4 January 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Ahab rending his clothes upon hearing Elijah's curse" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/143530 Accessed: 2024-12-23 01:43:00

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/143530 |title=Ahab rending his clothes upon hearing Elijah's curse |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-23 01:43:00|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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