Saint Philip Baptizing the Eunuch [Acts 8:30-38]

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R6950
People: Philips Galle, Netherlandish (Haarlem 1537 - 1612 Antwerp)
After Maarten van Heemskerck, Netherlandish (1498 - 1574)
Title: Saint Philip Baptizing the Eunuch [Acts 8:30-38]
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Acts of the Apostles
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1575-1582
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/243708

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 21.2 x 26.8 cm (8 3/8 x 10 9/16 in.)

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii/iii
Standard Reference Number: New Hollstein 201; New Hollstein (Heemskerck) 406

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R6950
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Africans in Black and White: Images of Blacks in 16th- and 17th-Century Prints, W. E .B. Du Bois Institute, Rudenstine Gallery, Cambridge, 09/02/2010 - 12/03/2010

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R6950: Saint Philip Baptizing the Eunuch [Acts 8:30-38]