Belshazzar's Feast

Crispijn van de Passe I

Artist, Dutch, c. 1565 - 1637

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.1 x 25.9 cm (8 5/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.6 x 25.9 cm (9 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.11.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 42, State (?)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

initials ABV (?) with cross stamped in purple (L.unde*

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

across top in plate: IMPII CONVIVII TRISTIS EXITVS; lower center in plate: DANIEL. V; across bottom in plate 7 line Latin inscription; lower left in plate: Martin de Voss inuentor.; lower right in plate: Crispin van de Passe coelator excudit; upper right in brown ink: 135

Markings

sc); Wm: eagle with initial N at bottom (unidentified)

Wikidata ID

Q74877776

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