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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2547
People
Christoffel van Sichem II, Dutch (1577 - 1658)
Title
The Rape of Thamar
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Subjects From the New and Old Testaments
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1646
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/260719

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 10.8 x 7.9 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: printed from block in black ink, lower left corner: CVS [monogram]
  • design: verso, partial woodcut illustration and partial blackletter text: [bottom portion of illustration with stonework above a section of the Bible referring to David]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 2 Sam 12 / Ammon + Tamar
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering to right: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 2547

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Reverend Max Kellner
Accession Year
1924
Object Number
M2547
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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