Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah

Publisher Claes Jansz. Visscher Dutch
Copies after Philips Galle Netherlandish
After designs by Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlandish
published 1643/1646
Not on view

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  • Title: Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah
  • Publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam)
  • Artist: Copies after Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537–1612 Antwerp)
  • Artist: After designs by Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, Heemskerck 1498–1574 Haarlem)
  • Date: published 1643/1646
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: 8 1/16 × 9 7/8 in. (20.4 × 25.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Fern and Lewis Lowenfels, 2022
  • Object Number: 2022.459.13.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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