Victory of the Israelites over the Amalekites

Antonio Tempesta (Italian, 1555–1630)

1609

Medium/TechniqueEtching, printed from two plates

DimensionsPlatemark: 50.7 x 79.2 cm (19 15/16 x 31 3/16 in.)

Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Accession number2015.2929

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Inscriptionsengraved title in sky: HEBRAEORUM VICTORIA ABAMALECHITIS REPORTATA engraved l.c.: Antonius Tempesta devotisimi monumentum engraved l.r.: Nic Va Aelst Bruxellensis formis Romae Sup. permissu.

ProvenanceBy 2014, sold by an American private collector to James A. Bergquist (dealer), Newton, MA; 2015, sold by James A. Bergquist to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)