BR56.40: Jesus Raises the Widow's Son at Nain

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR56.40

People

Johann Zick, German (Lachen, Germany 1702 - 1762 Würzburg, Germany)

Title

Jesus Raises the Widow's Son at Nain

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1752

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/219960

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

72 x 116 cm (28 3/8 x 45 11/16 in.)
frame: 86.5 x 130 cm (34 1/16 x 51 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: at l.l.: Io. Zick inv.
• inscription: l.l., in artist's hand: [...] C. VII xii [inscription not entirely clear]
• label: on stretcher at u.l., ink on paper, handwritten: JH282W.R37

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund

Accession Year

1956

Object Number

BR56.40

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)
• Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 214

Exhibition History

• German Painting 1760-1960: A New Installation, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 12/20/1983 - 02/19/1984

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