Identification title(s): pompey murdered in egypt. Object type: print object number: rp-p-bi-708. Catalog reference: fmh 1985-bhollstein dutch 58. Description: pompey on the run is murdered when he is rowed in a boat to the coast of egypt. Printed on the back with text in dutch. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: willem basse. Place of manufacture: northern netherlands. Dating: 1632 - 1634. Physical features: etching and engraving. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 105 mm × w 158 mmexplanationillustration from: e. Herckmans, der zee-vaertlof, j. P. Wachter, amsterdam 1634, fol. 81. Subject: what: violent death, being killed; being abused and maltreated; seeking deathdeath of pompey: after leaving his galley, pompey is murdered in the boat sent to bring him ashore. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: between 1632 and 1634.
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