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Jezebel Sealing the Forged Letters
Image Not Available for Jezebel Sealing the Forged Letters

Jezebel Sealing the Forged Letters

Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498–1574)
Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
about 1561
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 19.8 × 25 cm (7 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 21.2 × 26.4 cm (8 3/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB2766
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower left: H. Cock Excudebat; lower center: Martinius uan Heemskerk Inuentor; lower right: 2; in lower margin: Literas Nabothi insidiosas Scribit Jezabel ad primores ciuitatisProvenanceJune 12, 1900, bequeathed to the MFA by William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 208), Paris. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)