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Jezebel Promising Naboth's Vineyard to King Ahab (from the series The "Small" Power of Women, block 5 of 6)

(Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
1516–19
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut
DimensionsInner Image: 23.9 x 16.9 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 35 x 22.9 cm (13 3/4 x 9 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP19209
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsWithin tablet, lower center, in moveable type: Naboth ende Iesabe. E/ Iesabel Sprache....[6 lines of various Biblical texts]
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, acquired by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.