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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R5722
People
Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Judas Maccabee Ordering the Cleansing of the Holy Place
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Maccabaeus Cleanses and Restores the Temple
Series/Book Title: History of the Maccabees
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1574
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/250379

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 20.4 x 28.6 cm (8 1/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite, by John Randall: [several words erased]
  • inscription: engraved in lower plate margin: Deuicto exercitu Antiochi,...prophanato. / Machab: 1. Cap: 4. / 4
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink:


















    JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 5722 [number on a
    dotted line] [Lugt 2130]





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
New Hollstein 64, Mauquoy-Hendrickx 49; Alvin 128, N.H. 65

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R5722
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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