R5734: Death of Absalom

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R5734

People

Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)

Title

Death of Absalom

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Story of David and Absalom

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1585

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/250234

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 19.8 x 25.8 cm (7 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
sheet: 22.9 x 28.9 cm (9 x 11 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: hand of John Witt Randall, graphite, erasure: [several words erased]
• inscription: engraved in lower right corner of image: 4
• inscription: engraved inscription printed in the lower plate margin: Absolon ex pugna fugiens...hasta latus .  2 Sam . 18.

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

ii/iii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 44, Mauquoy-Hendrickx 34; Alvin 102,

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R5734

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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