M25951: The Lighthouse at Alexandria
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M25951
- People
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Philips Galle, Netherlandish (Haarlem 1537 - 1612 Antwerp)
After Maarten van Heemskerck, Netherlandish (Heemskerck 1498 - 1574 Haarlem)
- Title
- The Lighthouse at Alexandria
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: The Eight Wonders of the World
Original Language Title: Pharos - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1572
- Culture
- Flemish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/70327
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- plate: 20.9 x 26.1 cm (8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Philipus Galle Fecit
- watermark: crowned eagle
- inscription: design, printer's ink, engraving: signature, attribution of design: Philipus Galle Fecit Martinus Heemskerck Inuentor
- inscription: lower margin, printer's ink, engraving: plate number: 2.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- ii/ii
- Edition
- 2nd (Theodor Galle)
- Standard Reference Number
- H. 415, N.H. 479
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton in honor of Mrs. Arthur K. Solomon
- Accession Year
- 2004
- Object Number
- M25951
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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