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Abigail Before David, c. 1507. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper · Image/sheet, trimmed to platemark: 27.3 × 19.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Abigail Before David
- Artist
- Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish, c. 1494-1533
- Date
- c. 1507
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/sheet, trimmed to platemark: 27.3 × 19.6 cm (10 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.