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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R14035
People
Christoffel van Sichem I, Dutch (1546 - 1624)
After Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish (Leiden 1494 - 1533 Leiden)
Title
Esther Before Ahasuerus
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/249600

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on white antique laid paper, discolored to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 27.6 × 20.7 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate in center of foreground: L
  • inscription: in plate at lower right corner: CVS[monogram]ichem editor. et excudit.
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 146 / Esther Before Ahasuerus / after Lucas Van Leyden / Eox / D[illeg.] / 24194
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
see Hollstein v. 10 (Lucas van Leyden), p. 242

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R14035
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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