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Angels Supporting the Body of Christ on the Edge of the Tomb

Hendrick Goltzius and Bartholomeus Spranger

Angels Supporting the Body of Christ on the Edge of the Tomb

1586

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Angels Supporting the Body of Christ on the Edge of the Tomb

1586

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 347 x 254 mm. (13 11/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.12104

Inscribed: Recto: in image, center, in plate "Ao 1587."; in image, lower left, in plate seven lines of text in Latin, beginning "Illus. Generoso. [...]"; below image, lower margin, in plate ten lines of text in Latin, in three columns, beginning "O'homo qui cernis nostrum [...]" Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "9143"; lower left in graphite "10183"; lower right in graphite "B vol 3 no 273 / p 83"; lower right in graphite "19 x 25 / OG"

Markings: CM: Henri de Triqueti (Lugt 1304); Claghorn WM: Strasbourg Lily

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius

1557–1616

Dutch, 1558-1617
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Artist

Bartholomeus Spranger

1545–1610

Flemish, 1546-1611
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