File:Grimmer tower of babel.jpg

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Abel Grimmer: The Tower of Babel  wikidata:Q27552790 reasonator:Q27552790
Artist
Abel Grimmer  (circa 1570
date QS:P,+1570–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–circa 1620
date QS:P,+1620–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
)  wikidata:Q2315989
 
Alternative names
Abel Grimer, Abel Grimmaert
Description Flemish painter, drawer and architect
Date of birth/death between circa 1570 and circa 1573
date QS:P,+1570-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1570-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1573-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 Edit this at Wikidata		 before September 1619
date QS:P,+1619-09-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1619-09-00T00:00:00Z/10
/ after 1621
date QS:P,+1621-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1621-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
/ 1628 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
Work period circa 1586–1620
Work location
Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q2315989
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The building of theTower of Babel (Genesis 11:3-5) Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Len,"The Tower of Babel"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Tower of Babel Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1604
date QS:P571,+1604-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 51.1 cm (20.1 in); width: 66.3 cm (26.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,51.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,66.3U174728
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
Object history Acquired in the 1830s by Sir Edward Blackett, 6th Baronet (1803-1885), for Maften Hall, Northumberland, and by descent to the last owner.
sold at Christie’s, London, 2 July 2013, sale 1136, lot 18)
Exhibition history Newcastle, The Hatton Gallery King's College, Pictures from Collections in Northumberland, 8 May-15 June 1951, no. 42, as Lucas van Valckenborch.
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