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Preparation for the Passover, from "The Story of Moses, before the Exodus"

Johann Sadeler I Netherlandish
After Marten van Cleve I Netherlandish
Publisher Gerard de Jode Netherlandish
1585
Not on view
The engraving is one in a set of eight plates on the 'The Story of Moses, before the Exodus,' which is a chapter in Gerard de Jode's larger biblical series of 396 engravings entitled 'Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti (...)' that he published in 1585.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Preparation for the Passover, from "The Story of Moses, before the Exodus"
  • Series/Portfolio: The Story of Moses, before the Exodus
  • Artist: Johann Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Brussels 1550–1600/1601 Venice)
  • Artist: After Marten van Cleve I (Netherlandish, Antwerp, ca. 1527–1581)
  • Publisher: Gerard de Jode (Netherlandish, 1509/17–1591)
  • Date: 1585
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 15/16 × 11 1/4 in. (20.2 × 28.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.579.33
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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1585
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Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints, Gideon Saint British, Pen and ink, engraving and etching
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Bacchus, Music, Amor, Johann Sadeler I Netherlandish, Engraving
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