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Melchior Lorichs
Danish, 1527-c.1588

Ismael, The Persian Ambassador of Tahmasp, King of Persia, 1569

Engraving on ivory laid paper
395 x 265 mm (plate); 410 x 310 mm (sheet)
Through prior acquisition of John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection, 1991.127

Bartsch IX.509.16; Hollstein 29 II/III