Babylonis Muri (The Walls of Babylon), 1572

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series Title

The Eight Wonders of the World (plate 7)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 484, State ii/iii

Accession Number

2011.139.92

Artists / Makers

Philip Galle (artist) Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Maerten van Heemskerck (artist after) Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Bibliography

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Galle). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no 484 ii/iii