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A black and white print portrays a clothed man helping a naked man in a landscape.

In 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
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
print
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
  • 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
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
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Exhibition History

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