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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.154
People
Philips Galle, Netherlandish (Haarlem 1537 - 1612 Antwerp)
after Maarten van Heemskerck, Netherlandish (Heemskerck 1498 - 1574 Haarlem)
Title
Hell
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Four Last Things, plate 3
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1569
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/316023

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
sheet: 24.3 x 37.1 cm (9 9/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.c.; MHeemskerck. . IN. Ven.
  • inscription: l.r.; graphite: H. 564-7

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
H. 279 (from H. 277-280)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.154
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ilona van Tuinen, "The Struggle for Salvation: A Reconstruction and Interpretation of Maarten van Heemskerck's 'Strong Men'", Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art (2012), 36, no. 3/4, pp. 142-162, p. 157, fig. 17
  • "Hell through the Ages", Index Magazine (e-journal, February 12, 2018), https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/hell-through-the-ages, accessed March 13, 2018

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/12/2017 - 07/18/2018

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