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Ahasuerus Gives his Ring to Haman, from The Story of Esther, bound in "Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti"

After Jan Snellinck I Netherlandish
Jan Collaert I Netherlandish
Publisher Gerard de Jode Netherlandish
1579
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  • Title: Ahasuerus Gives his Ring to Haman, from The Story of Esther, bound in "Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti"
  • Series/Portfolio: The Story of Esther
  • Artist: After Jan Snellinck I (Netherlandish, Mechelen ca. 1549–1638 Antwerp)
  • Artist: Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530–1581 Antwerp)
  • Publisher: Gerard de Jode (Netherlandish, 1509/17–1591)
  • Date: 1579
  • Medium: Engraving; first state of two
  • Dimensions: Plate: 7 7/8 × 11 7/16 in. (20 × 29.1 cm)
    Sheet: 11 13/16 × 14 15/16 in. (30 × 38 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.601.335(59)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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