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Daniel destroys Bel
Lost Art-ID
518750
Artist
Heemskerck, Maarten van
Birth
1498, Heemskerk
Death
1574, Haarlem
Title
Daniel destroys Bel
Datierung
1564
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Pen in pale bister, pricked / drawn
Height
19.60 cm
Width
25.00 cm
Description
Inscription on verso: “129”; artist's script "Martinus van Heemskerck Inventor"; also known as the "Destruction of Bel"; on left seen the Statue of Bel's destruction, on right: the destruction overseen by Jehu, left below: "Martinus van Heemskerck inventor", above this script the year 1564; on Left: nr. 6. (corresponds exactly to the engraving);
Study for number 6 in a series of engravings entitled “Bel and the Dragon”
Provenance
10.05.1930 C. G. Boerner, Lot 184; collection Dr. Arthur Feldmann; formerly in the Campe collection
Published since
Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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