"Formositas Dinae excitavit sichem ad illicitam. Genesis ca.34.1"
Print
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Classical cityscape with at centre a circle of dancers wearing Renaissance classical costume, to the right of which two musicians on a plinth; far left, a female figure in draperies holding flowers standing at top of a flight of steps. Far right, a man in 'Roman' dress with his arm around a woman, carrying her into a building. Titled beneath: "Formositas Dinae excitavit sichem ad illicitam. Genesis ca.34.1" Engraving by F Muller after Fisscher.
Object details
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| Title | "Formositas Dinae excitavit sichem ad illicitam. Genesis ca.34.1" |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving |
| Brief description | "Formositas Dinae excitavit sichem ad illicitam. Genesis ca.34.1". Engraving by F Muller after Fisscher |
| Physical description | Classical cityscape with at centre a circle of dancers wearing Renaissance classical costume, to the right of which two musicians on a plinth; far left, a female figure in draperies holding flowers standing at top of a flight of steps. Far right, a man in 'Roman' dress with his arm around a woman, carrying her into a building. Titled beneath: "Formositas Dinae excitavit sichem ad illicitam. Genesis ca.34.1" Engraving by F Muller after Fisscher. |
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| Credit line | Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest |
| Object history | "The beautiful Diana aroused to illicit pleasure by Shechem" The print illustrates the first verses of Genesis 34 "When Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite ... saw [Dinah], he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her." The print came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest. |
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| Accession number | S.372-2000 |
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| Record created | February 6, 2001 |
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