Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Unable to open [object Object]: HTTP 0 attempting to load TileSource: https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/20493059/info.json
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
R5719
People
Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Antiochus Despoils the Temple at Jerusalem
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Antiochus Sacking 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/250718

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper, discolored
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 20.4 x 28.8 cm (8 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: hand of John Witt Randall, graphite, erasure: [several words erased]
  • inscription: engraved inscription printed in the lower plate margin: Reliqunt Iudei legem cultumqu Dei....cæde cedita. / Machab: . 1 . Cap . 1. / . 1 .
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written within in brown ink:
















    JOHN WITT RANDALL
    COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 5719 [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 62 , Mauquoy-Hendrickx 46; Alvin 125

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R5719
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu