11.1999: The Seventh Plague of Egypt
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 11.1999
- People
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Pierre Woeiriot, French (Neufchâteau, Vosges, France 1532 - 1599 Damblain, Haute-Marne, France)
- Title
- The Seventh Plague of Egypt
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Illustrations to the Old Testament
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1580
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/194062
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- plate: 19.2 x 21.9 cm (7 9/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: lower right, design area, engraved, monogram, in artist's hand: superimposed PWB surmounted by the cross of Lorraine
- inscription: lower margin, engraved, Latin and French: Et maculis scabies pertentat corpora pullis, / Et Deus AEgyptum pluviis contristat obortis: / Morte cadunt pecudes & circumfusa pruinis / Corpora magna bovin vix summis cornibus adstant. / Exod Cap 9 // Dieu fashe marqueta les hommes dune rongne / Et tout en un moment dessit les animaus / Dont l'aegypte sentit sur son dos la charongne / Puante infectement de ses pauvres trouppeaus. / Exod. chap. 9
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- R-D XI, 25
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan
- Object Number
- 11.1999
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Commentary
- The standard catalogue lists this as the Seventh Plague, but the image seems to conflate two of the Plagues of Egypt that are described in Exodus 9. 9:3: Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep... 9:6: And the Lord did that thing on the morrow... 9:22: And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast... 9:23: And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along the ground... 9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast..
Verification Level
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