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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2570
People
Christoffel van Sichem II, Dutch (1577 - 1658)
Title
The Temptation of Christ
Other Titles
Former Title: An Apostle
Series/Book Title: Biblia Sacra
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1657
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/260726

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 12.9 x 8.5 cm (5 1/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: CVS
  • inscription: printed from the block in black ink at the bottom left corner: CVS [monogram] [representation of a woodcutter's knife]
  • inscription: verso, printed in black ink: [Dutch text, largely in black-letter; the names of God and Jesus in Roman]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering to right: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 2570

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Hollstein 49?

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Reverend Max Kellner
Accession Year
1924
Object Number
M2570
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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