The Consecration of the New Altar, from The Story of the Maccabees, bound in "Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti"
Artwork Details
- Title: The Consecration of the New Altar, from The Story of the Maccabees, bound in "Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti"
- Series/Portfolio: The Story of the Maccabees
- Artist: After Gerard van Groeningen (Netherlandish, active Antwerp, 1563–73)
- Artist: Jan (Johannes) Wierix (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1549–1615 Brussels)
- Publisher: Gerard de Jode (Netherlandish, 1509/17–1591)
- Date: 1579
- Medium: Engraving; second state of three
- Dimensions: Plate: 8 × 11 5/16 in. (20.3 × 28.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 14 15/16 in. (29 × 38 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
- Object Number: 53.601.335(77)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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1573
Multiple artists/makers
1573
Multiple artists/makers
1573
Multiple artists/makers
1573
Gerard van Groeningen
1563–73
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