id:			159402
accession number:	1996.223
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.223
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:30.258000

Elisha Cursing the Children of Bethel Who Are Being Devoured by the Bears, 1602. Gillis van Coninxloo (Netherlandish, 1544–1607), Nicolaes de Bruyn (Netherlandish, 1571–1656). Engraving; sheet: 47.4 x 59.9 cm (18 11/16 x 23 9/16 in.); platemark: 46.5 x 58.7 cm (18 5/16 x 23 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.223

title:				Elisha Cursing the Children of Bethel Who Are Being Devoured by the Bears
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creation date:			1602
creation date earliest:		1602
creation date latest:		1602
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 53 (IV.14)

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CREATORS

* Gillis van Coninxloo (Netherlandish, 1544–1607)  - artist

* Nicolaes de Bruyn (Netherlandish, 1571–1656)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 47.4 x 59.9 cm (18 11/16 x 23 9/16 in.); Platemark: 46.5 x 58.7 cm (18 5/16 x 23 1/8 in.)
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	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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	inscription:	lower right, in plate: Egidius Coninxlogensis Inventor / Nicola de Bruyin Schulptor / 1602 ; lower right, in plate: Cum Elisæus ascenderet per viam pueri parvi egressi sutit de civitate E illudebant et, dicentes: ascende calve, ascende calve Qui / Cum respexisset vidit eos c'maledixit eis in nomine domini Egressique sunt duo ursi, de saltu et lacerauevunt ex Eis / quadraginte duos pueros. lib 42 Reg Cap 2 Exemplum insigne senectutem esse honorandam, ; lower left, in pen and brown in: [illegible] ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite:  LeBl 334 / M53 / C6 ; lower right, in graphite: Ur gravy[illegible] 1635 ([illegible])
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, 1996:  "Landscape in Detail," September 10-November 3, 1996, no catalogue', 'opening_date': '1996-09-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Lutz Reister, London)
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