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Galle after Heemskerck - The Story of Daniel, Bel, and the Dragon


Image: Daniel Strewing Ashes in the Temple, and Cyrus Sealing the Door

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Daniel Strewing Ashes in the Temple, and Cyrus Sealing the Door

1565
16th century
201 x 246 mm (7.9 x 9.7 in.)

Philip Galle, Dutch (Flemish), (1537–1612)
After Maerten van Heemskerck, Dutch, (1498–1574)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Engraving on laid paper
State: First of three states
Print impression quality: Excellent
Series: Number 3 from set of ten engravings The Story of Daniel, Bel, and the Dragon
Edition: Published by Hieronymus Cock, Antwerp, first edition of four
Marks: Inscribed in plate, lower left: “Martinus van Heemskerck Inventor Heronymus Cock excudebat.”; numbered lower right
Marks: Watermark: Possibly right side
Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Penciled numbers upper right, possibly by a 19th-century collector
Bibliography: New Hollstein 228 (part 1, p. 191); H. 536 (vol. 8, p. 247).
Credit Line: Purchase funds, 1960
Accession Number: 1960.30.1.3

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  • allegory
  • doors - Barriers which swing, slide, tilt, or fold to close a doorway, usually of solid and finished construction and usually leading to or separating interior spaces. Use also for similar features that close a container or a piece of case furniture. For barriers of less solid or finished construction, and usually separating two exterior spaces, use "gates." [April 1993 related term added. March 1993 descriptor moved. February 1993 scope note changed.]
  • doorways - Denotes openings, which contain or could contain a door, that provide access into or out of building spaces. [March 1993 descriptor moved. August 1991 scope note changed.]
  • mythology
  • series (groups) - Use for related publications issued successively, especially those bearing a collective as well as an individual title; and, in the visual arts, for groups of works by a single artist having a specific and purposeful relation among the works. [March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'series'; alternate term added; descriptor moved. January 1991 scope note added.]
  • temples - Use for religious buildings dedicated to the service of a deity or deities, often housing a cult image; do not use for such Christian or Islamic religious buildings, prefer "churches" or "mosques." May also be used for Protestant places of worship in France and some French-speaking regions. [February 1995 scope note added.]

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 201 x 246 mm (7.9 x 9.7 in.)

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