The Consecration of the New Altar, from The Story of the Maccabees, bound in Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The Story of the Maccabees
Artist: Gerard de Jode|Jan (Johannes) Wierix|Gerard van Groeningen
Artist bio: Netherlandish, 1509/17–1591|Netherlandish, Antwerp 1549–1615 Brussels|Netherlandish, active Antwerp, 1563–73
Artist role: Publisher|Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish|Netherlandish|Netherlandish
Date: 1579
Medium: Engraving; second state of three
Dimensions: Plate: 8 × 11 5/16 in. (20.3 × 28.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 14 15/16 in. (29 × 38 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession year: 1953