Identification title(s): first pretext: the new field. Parable of a wedding feast (series title). Object type: print serial number: 2/6object number: rp-p-ob-7283. Catalog reference: , hollstein dutch 102-2(3), new hollstein dutch 344-3(4) note: heemskerck. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso bottom center, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: the messenger comes to the first guest and invites him to the party. The guest apologizes on the pretext that he has bought a new field. He points to the field in the background. The print has a latin caption and is part of a six-part series on the parable of a wedding feast. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: dirck volckertsz. Coornhert after design by: maarten van heemskerck (mentioned on object), publisher: theodoor galle (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: printmaker: haarlem, designed by: haarlem, publisher: antwerp. Dating: 1558 - 1559 and/or 1581 - 1633. Physical features: engraving and etching. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process) / etching. Dimensions: top: h 205 mm × w 251 mm. Subject: what: those that are invited to the royal wedding-feast apologize themselves. Acquisition: unknown. Date: 1558 - 1559 en/of 1581 - 1633.
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