M12047: The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M12047

People

After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), Italian (Pieve di Cadore, Italy c. 1488 - 1576 Venice, Italy)

Title

The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea

Other Titles

Original Language Title: The Passage of the Red Sea

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1514-1515

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/259843

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed from twelve blocks on cream antique laid paper (twelve sheets joined)

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

sight: 118 × 215 cm (46 7/16 × 84 5/8 in.)
frame: 139.1 × 233.8 × 5.7 cm (54 3/4 × 92 1/16 × 2 1/4 in.)
mat: 129.5 × 223.5 cm (51 × 88 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition

later

Standard Reference Number

Rosand & Muraro 4; Passavant IV 4

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession Year

1947

Object Number

M12047

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Grand Scale. Monumental Prints in the Age of Durer and Titian, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, 03/19/2008 - 06/08/2008; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 09/09/2008 - 11/30/2008; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 01/31/2009 - 04/26/2009
• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 03/18/2015; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/18/2015 - 09/09/2015; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/26/2024 - 09/09/2024
• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/08/2020

Subjects and Contexts

• Google Art Project

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