M2546: David receives the news of the death of Absalom
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M2546
- People
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Christoffel van Sichem II, Dutch (1577 - 1658)
- Title
- David receives the news of the death of Absalom
- Other Titles
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Alternate Title: A ruler on a throne rends his clothes upon receipt of a message
Series/Book Title: Bibel Tresoor ofte der Zielen Lusthof, Amsterdam 1646 - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1646
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/261757
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodcut on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Woodcut
- Dimensions
- sheet: 11 x 8.2 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: CVS
- collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering to right: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 2546
- design: verso, printed in black ink: [partial illustration with text below: a prophet berates a kneeling ruler accompanied by soldier, with a harvest scene in the background]
- inscription: printed in black ink from the block, on a tablet in the left foreground: CVS [monogram]
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- H0llstein 48
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Reverend Max Kellner
- Accession Year
- 1924
- Object Number
- M2546
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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