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Ham mocking his father

Ham mocking his father
(c. 1590)
plate 5 in The History of Noah, published by Philip Galle, Antwerp

Medium
engraving

Measurements
6.9 × 7.0 cm (image) (circle) 9.0 × 8.3 cm (image and text) 9.8 × 9.4 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 13; Hollstein (de Vos) 60 ii/ii

Inscription
printed in ink u.l.: 5
printed (circularly) in ink u.c.: Et nudatus iacuit in tabernaculo suo, quod cum vidisset cham pater chanaan, verenda scilicet patris sui esse nudata, nuntiauit duob9 (latin for ‘us’) fratrib9 suis foras.
printed in ink l.l.: M. d. vos inuen. Crisp. d. Passe scalp. Phts Galle excudit.

Accession Number
1278.899.5-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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