Babylonis Muri (The Walls of Babylon)

1572

Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Maerten van Heemskerck

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

Philip Galle, after Maerten van Heemskerck

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21 x 26.5 cm (8 1/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
    plate: 21.2 x 26.7 cm (8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.92

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 484, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Galle). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no 484 ii/iii

Inscriptions

upper center in image: BABYLONIS MVRI. in image on gate: 1572 / Sepulchrum / Semiramus; in lower margin: IMPERIOSA SVI SECTA CERVICE MARITI / IVSSIT COCTILIBVS BABYLONA, SEMIRAMIS ALTAM / MOENIBVS INCINGI, LENTO QVE BITVMINE: PORTAS / ADIECIT CENTVM, ET SVPER HIS SIBI NOBILE BVSTVM

Wikidata ID

Q76559252

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