Samuel Anointing David

Maarten van Heemskerckca. 1556

Details

Title: Samuel Anointing David
Creator: Anonymous after Maerten van Heemskerck
Date Created: ca. 1556
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, lower center: “H. Cock. Excud M. Heemskeerc inventor”
Set or Series Title: The Story of David and Saul
Print State: First of three states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1960
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on white laid paper. Watermark: Indecipherable
Keywords: Bible, Old Testament, religions, religious art, series (groups)
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published by Hieronymus Cock, Antwerp; first edition of four
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 205 mm x 252 mm (8.07 in. x 9.92 in.). Sheet dimensions: 280 mm x 377 mm (11.02 in. x 14.84 in.).
Bibliography: New Hollstein 94 (part I, 93); the set is Hollstein 491–500 (vol. 8, p. 247)
Associated People: Created by Anonymous, After Maerten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574)
Accession Number: 1960.30.2.1

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