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Print, The king has his servants invite guests to the wedding party, from the series 'Parable of the Wedding Feast'

This is a Print. It was after Marten de Vos. It is dated late 16th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

23.5 × 28.3 cm (9 1/4 × 11 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Lettered below left "M. D. VOS INVENT / Sadler excud". On a stone below centre "IHW".In the margin three columns of text.

Cite this object as

Print, The king has his servants invite guests to the wedding party, from the series 'Parable of the Wedding Feast'; After Marten de Vos (Flemish, 1532-1603); engraving on laid paper; 23.5 × 28.3 cm (9 1/4 × 11 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8682

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