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Nimrod Deciding Where to Build the Tower, from The Tower of Babel, bound in Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti, plate 1

Jan Collaert the Elder, Jan Snellinck, Gerard de Jode1585

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States

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Title: Nimrod Deciding Where to Build the Tower, from The Tower of Babel, bound in Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti, plate 1
Creator: Gerard de Jode|Jan Snellinck I|Jan Collaert I
Date Created: 1585
Physical Dimensions: Plate: 9 1/16 × 11 13/16 in. (23 × 30 cm) Sheet: 11 13/16 × 14 15/16 in. (30 × 38 cm)
Type: Print
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/653611
Medium: Engraving; first state of two
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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