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Bouw van de toren van Babel, Hans Holbein (II), 1538

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Bouw van de toren van Babel, Hans Holbein (II), 1538

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Identification

Title(s)

Bouw van de toren van Babel

Object type

Object number

RP-P-OB-4511A(V)

Catalogue reference

Hollstein German 100-3

Description

Mannen hijsen blokken steen via houten steigers naar boven bij de bouw van de toren van Babel. In de marge staat de tekst: Genesis XI.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Hans Holbein (II)
Veit Rudolf Specklin

Dating

1538

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Measurements

height 60 mm × width 85 mm
height 90 mm × width 99 mm

Explanatory note

Houtblok voor het eerst gebruikt in: Biblia Utriusque Testamenti iuxta Vulgatam Translationem, Lyon, M. en G. Trechsel (voor Hugo à Porta) 1538. Later in verschillende uitgaven opnieuw gebruikt.

Subject

What

the Tower of Babel

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Ark van Noach
Bouw van de toren van Babel
Bouw van de toren van Babel

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.31746