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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R5724
People
Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Head and hand of Nicanor stretched out beside Jerusalem
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: History of the Maccabees
Alternate Title: Head and Hand of Nicanor Shown to the People
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1574
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/250603

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 20 x 28.5 cm (7 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): engraved inscription in the lower plate margin: Caput Nicanoris amputatum et dextram...egerunt festum. / Machab: 1 . Cap: 7 . / 6
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown inkJOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. [number on a dotted line] [Lugt 2130]:


















    JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 5724 [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 67, Mauquoy-Hendrickx 51;Alvin130

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R5724
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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