The Building of the Tower of Babel
PrintsNetherlandish16th century

The Building of the Tower of Babel

1577-79

Artists

Hans Collaert the ElderArtist
Jan SnellinckArtist after
Gerard de JodePublisher
Classification
Prints
Technique
Engraving
Medium
Engraving printed in black ink with added transparent and opaque watercolor on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Culture
Netherlandish
Century
16th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.) plate: 22.7 x 30.7 cm (8 15/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Paul Prouté, Paris, France, sold]; to Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.

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