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The Philistines Placing the Ark of the Covenant in the Temple of Dagon
Giovanni Battista Franco (Italian, about 1510–1561)
about 1540–1560
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 26.5 x 41.6 cm (10 7/16 x 16 3/8 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
George Peabody Gardner Fund
Accession Number54.575
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 06, ii/iii
Marks
Verso, bottom right, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the d'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Nordkirchen (Lugt 567); verso, lower right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceThe d'Arenberg Collection, Brussels, Nordkirchen (Lugt 567); The Swetzoff Gallery, Boston; from whom purchased May 13, 1954