Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
PK.OP.18290
Title
- Balaam and the angel
Creator
Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert (graveur), Maarten van Heemskerck (designer), Hieronymus Cock (publisher)
Production date
1554
Description
Amongst classical ruins, Balaam sits on a donkey and raises a cudgel with an angel hovering towards him with a drawn sword.
Object name
copper engraving (visual work), ets (prent)
Material
paper (fiber product)
Technique
kopergraveren, ets (drukprocedé)
Dimensions
External links
Documentation
- Maarten van Heemskerck - The new Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, I, p.76, nr.77.I