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Image Not Available for The Lion as Judge (from the Fighting Chimeras and Scenes to Aesop's Fables series, sixth of twelve plates)
The Lion as Judge (from the Fighting Chimeras and Scenes to Aesop's Fables series, sixth of twelve plates)
Image Not Available for The Lion as Judge (from the Fighting Chimeras and Scenes to Aesop's Fables series, sixth of twelve plates)

The Lion as Judge (from the Fighting Chimeras and Scenes to Aesop's Fables series, sixth of twelve plates)

Nicolaes de Bruyn (Netherlandish, 1571–1656)
1594
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 3.3 × 6.2 cm (1 5/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession numberM26270
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, right of the lion's tail: 6ProvenanceAdalbert, Freiherr von Lanna (b. 1836 - d. 1909), Prague; May 11-22, 1909, his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, lot 966. Paul J. Sachs (b. 1878 - d. 1965; Lugt 2091), Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of Paul J. Sachs to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1916)