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Maerten van Heemskerck (after)
Gideon Watching the Way the Soldiers Drink1561

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper depicting armored soldiers drinking from a water source while a commander watches, with a military encampment in the distance and a Latin inscription below

Maerten van Heemskerck (after), Gideon Watching the Way the Soldiers Drink, 1561, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Maerten van Heemskerck (after)
Title
Gideon Watching the Way the Soldiers Drink
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1561
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 13 5/8 in. (25.72 × 34.61 cm) Image: 8 × 9 3/4 in. (20.32 × 24.77 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.429d
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.