File:Bosch Belagerung eines Elefanten.jpg

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The Siege of an Elephant
Artist
Attributed to Joannes van Doetecum I  (circa 1530
date QS:P,+1530–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1605)  wikidata:Q18129846
 
Alternative names
Joannes van Duetecum (I), Jan van Doetecum (I), Johannes van Doetechum (I), Jan van Doetechum (I), Joannes van Doetecom (I), Johannes van Doetecom (I), J. à Doetecum, Joannes van Dotecom (I), Johannes van Dotecom (I), J. à Dotecum, Joannes van (I) Doetinchem
Description Dutch printmaker, cartographer and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1530
date QS:P,+1530-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 between 27 February 1605 and 6 March 1605
date QS:P,+1605-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1605-02-27T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1605-03-06T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth Deventer Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1558 until 1605
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1558-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1605-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Deventer (1558), Antwerp (?), Haarlem (1578-1605)
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artist QS:P170,Q18129846,P5102,Q230768
or
Attributed to Lucas van Doetecum  (fl. between 1554 and 1589
date QS:P,+1550–00–00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1554–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1589–00–00T00:00:00Z/9
)  wikidata:Q18516699
 
Alternative names
Lucas Doetecom, Lucas Duetecom, Lucas van Dotecum, Lucas van Duetechum, Lucas a Doetekom, Lucas van Duetecum, Lucas ter Heghe
Description Dutch printmaker
Date of birth/death 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
/ 1501 Edit this at Wikidata		 between 1579 and 1589
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1579-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1589-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death Deventer Edit this at Wikidata Deventer Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between 1554 and 1589
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1554-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1589-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Deventer, Antwerp
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q18516699,P5102,Q230768
Title
The Siege of an Elephant
Description
The Siege of an Elephant, engraving and etching on laid paper with watermark "Large crowned coat of arms with lily and star", inscribed bottom left with "Hieronymus Bos Inve." and caption in Latin.
Date circa 1550
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium engraving and etching print
Dimensions height: 39.7 cm (15.6 in); width: 53.2 cm (20.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,39.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,53.2U174728
Place of creation Antwerp (?)
Inscriptions

Signature bottom left:

HİËRONİMUS BOS INVĒ.

Letter bottom left:

F

Caption bottom:

TEMERITATIS SVBITI, VT VEHEMENTES SVNT IMPVLSVS: QVORVM ICTIBVS HOMINVM MENTES CONCVSSÆ, NEC SVA PERICVLA RESPICERE, NEC ALIENA FACTA IVSTA ÆSTIMATIONE PROSEQVI VALENT
Source/Photographer www.dorotheum.com : Home
Other versions
File:Alaert du Hamel (after Jheronimus Bosch) Elephant.jpg
Possible original
File:Meester van de Sint-Joriskermis De belegering van een olifant.jpg
Version at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
File:The Besieging of an Elephant.jpg
Version at the British Museum
File:The Besieging of an Elephant 002.jpg
Version at the Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch

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