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Jezebel Sealing the Forged Letters

(Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
(Netherlandish, 1498–1574)
(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 ciuitatis
ProvenanceJune 12, 1900, bequeathed to the MFA by William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 208), Paris. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)
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