Identification title(s): aristodemus prince of cuma betrayed by xenocrite. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1878-a-2591. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: aristodemus, prince of cuma, lies in bed in a dark bedroom, while he is betrayed by his companion xenocrite, who has turned his subjects against him. She has a torch in her hand, the two soldiers carry stabbing weapons in their hands. Top right: fol. 577. Print used in a book by lambert van den bos with a total of twenty prints by arnold houbraken. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: arnold houbraken (mentioned on object), according to own design by: arnold houbraken, publisher: simon onder de linde, publisher: adriaan van dyck. Place of manufacture: publisher: dordrecht, publisher: rotterdam. Dating: 1681 - 1683 and/or 1699. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: top: h 190 mm (plate edge on the right and cut off at the top) × w 143 mm. Explanation: print used in: lambert van den bos, theater of accidents, dealing in (. . ) examples, the misery of the world powers. Dordrecht: simon onder de linden, 1683 and rotterdam: a. Van dyck, 1699. Subject: what: darknessbedroomcandle. Betrayalviolent death by dagger, knife. Acquisition: purchase 1878. Date: 1681 - 1683 en/of 1699.
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