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The Destruction of the Altar at Bethel and the Exhumation of the Bones from the Sepulchers

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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Object Information
  • Title: The Destruction of the Altar at Bethel and the Exhumation of the Bones from the Sepulchers
  • 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: 2022.459.13.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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