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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24395
People
Jan Saenredam, Dutch (Zaandam 1565 - 1607 Assendelft)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Marriage for Wealth Officiated by the Devil
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Three Kinds of Marriage
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1595
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185126

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 23.3 x 16 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left of design area: 2
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Divitie turpes, et quos opulentia iungit / Falluntur misere vafro cacodemonis astu.
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: NJL [monogram; Norman Jack Leitman (Lugt 4545)]
  • inscription: verso, graphite, center: X
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M24395

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Norman J. Letiman, New York, London, and San Diego (Lugt 4545). Robert M. Light, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2000

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 526, Bartsch 85, Hollstein 108, Filedt Kok 128

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert M. Light
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
M24395
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Walter Melion and James Clifton, Through a Glass, Darkly: Allegory and Faith in Netherlandish Prints from Lucas van Leyden to Rembrandt, exh. cat., ed. Cynthia Blakeley, Michael C. Carlos Museum of Art (Atlanta, 2019), cat. no. 38, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Through a Glass, Darkly: Allegory and Faith in Netherlandish Prints from Lucas van Leyden to Rembrandt, Michael C. Carlos Museum of Art, Atlanta, 08/31/2019 - 12/01/2019

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