The Lighthouse at Alexandria: M.H-II-165b

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Lighthouse at Alexandria
The Eight Wonders of the World

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Galle, Philips
Draughtsman: Heemskerck, Maerten van (After)

Entities

Print

Categories

Album
Print

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1572

Note

State II/II

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.H-II-165b
Primary reference Number: 143780
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 415 (Galle)
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 358 (Heemskerck)
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 479 (Galle)
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 514 (Heemskerck)
Illustrated Bartsch: Vol. 56, 101:2
Kerrich: p.104
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 4 June 2014

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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