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D2005-CMD-572
LA VILLE DE JERUSALEM
D2005-CMD-572

LA VILLE DE JERUSALEM

Date1760-1780
OriginEurope, Germany, Augsburg
MediumBlack and white engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 14" x 17 5/8"; Plate H: 13 1/4 x W: 17 5/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-277
DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "Collection des Prospects. (backwards): LA VILLE DE JERUSALEM."

The lower margin reads: "Die Stadt Jerusalem, wie darinen von den Juden das Lauberhutten Fest gehalten worden./La Ville de Jerusalem, come les Juifs y te noient tous les ans la Fete des Tabernacles./ Se vend a Augsbourg au Negoce comin de l'Academic Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege de Sa Majeste Imperiale et avec Defense ni di vendre les Copies."

Inscription(s)The inscription at the bottom reads: "Jerusalem op het Loofhutten fest." which translates roughly to "Jerusalem on the Feast of Tabernacles fest."
ProvenanceBefore 1973, Simon Emmering [1914-1999] (Amsterdam, The Netherlands); 1973-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).