M24412: The Good Samaritan Pouring Oil on the Wounds of the Traveler
PrintsIn the center of this black and white print, a young man who is nude except for a piece of drapery that covers his genitalia, lies on the ground at a diagonal angle. His head is thrown back and his mouth is open. Another man wearing sandals, a tunic and cloak, and a turban, kneels behind the man on the ground and holds his right arm with his right hand. With his left hand, he pours liquid from a glass jar onto the recumbent man’s stomach. A donkey stands to the right and looks on. Behind them is a wooded landscape and a man in a robe holding up large book, standing with his back to the other men.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M24412
- People
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Werner van den Valckert, Dutch (The Hague (?) c. 1580/5 - 1627/8 Amsterdam)
- Title
- The Good Samaritan Pouring Oil on the Wounds of the Traveler
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: The Good Samaritan
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1612
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/182754
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching and engraving on antique laid paper
- Technique
- Etching and engraving
- Dimensions
- sheet: 26.1 × 31.1 cm (10 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: signed in plate bottom center: "w. v. valckert Jn et fe"
- inscription: lower center, printer's ink, engraved, signed, in artist's hand: w v valckert Jn et fe
- watermark: right edge, paper: fragmentary and illegible
- collector's mark: lower left corner verso, blue stamp ink, stamped: Collection d'Arenberg stamp: L. 567
- inscription: verso, lower left corner, pencil: 12
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Collection d'Arenberg, Belgium (Lugt 567). The collection began to be formed in the 16th c, and began to be dispersed in the early 20th c. The principal print collector, Duke Louis-Engelbert, was active at the end of the 18th c.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/ii
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 3
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
- Accession Year
- 2000
- Object Number
- M24412
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
Verification Level
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