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Nimrod Deciding Where to Build the Tower, accession 53.601.335(1) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-18

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Nimrod Deciding Where to Build the Tower," plate 1 of the portfolio "The Tower of Babel," an engraving by Jan Collaert I after Jan Snellinck I, published by Gerard de Jode, dated 1585. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953. Accession number 53.601.335(1).

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Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
URL
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/653611
Source Type
Museum
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1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned print, the strongest available record for its attribution, date and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright.
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This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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