Reuben [Genesis 49:3-4], from the series The Twelve Patriarchs

After Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlandish

Etched by Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert Netherlandish

1550

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Title: Reuben [Genesis 49:3-4], from the series The Twelve Patriarchs
Artist: After Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, Heemskerck 1498–1574 Haarlem)
Artist: Etched by Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1519/22–1590 Gouda)
Date: 1550
Medium: Etching; second state
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (21.2 x 27.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.1663
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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