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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R13549
People
Adriaen Collaert, Flemish (c. 1560 - 1618)
After Jan van der Straet, Netherlandish (Bruges, Belgium 1523 - 1605 Florence, Italy)
Title
Angels Playing Musical Instruments and Cherubs Dancing
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Eulogy of Music/ Encomium Musices (17 plates)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c.1589
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/239416

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
22 × 28.5 cm (8 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, bottom: Quid, mortalis, eras, et ubi, quum maxima terrae/ Fundamenta Deus posui? coecumque resoluit/ Materies, quum prima Chaos, cum machina formis/ Est distincta suis? quum laudibus omnia nostris/ Sidera, coelicolumq[ue] chorus miratus inhaesit,/ Iubilaq[ue] aligeri cecinerunt laeta ministri? Iob cap. 38.
  • inscription: in plate, image, lower center: Ioan. Stradan. inuent.
  • inscription: in plate, image, lower center: Adrian. Collaert sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, image, l.r.: Phls. Galle excud.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 18-36, New Hollstein II.260.474

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R13549
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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