Accession number:
PML 145500, plate 117
Published:
[Germany? : s.n.], 1540.
Description:
1 print : engraving ; 119 x 77 mm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Plate 1 in a series of seven engravings illustrating the story of Amnon and Tamar.
2nd state, numbered 1 in the plate at lower left.
Lettered on a tablet at upper right: II REG XIII/ IONADAB AIT AD AMNO/ CUBA SUPER LECTU/ TUU & LAGUORE SIMULA; signed with artist's monogram and dated at lower right.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 117, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Library's copy closely trimmed to image.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Print shows Jonadab seated at right in conversation with Amnon who stands in front of a column at left.
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