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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.156
People
Hieronymus Wierix, Netherlandish (c. 1553 - 1619)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Pieter Baltens
Title
The First Era: Natural Law
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Three Laws Governing the Three Ages of the World
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/316025

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 22.8 x 27.6 cm (9 x 10 7/8 in.)
sheet: 25.3 x 32.7 cm (9 15/16 x 12 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper center, black ink: No. 8.
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: M. D. VOS IN. 1
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: P. Baltens excu.
  • inscription: bottom, in plate: [left:] De kden vuortele der vueetenheijt vroet / Den mensch regeerde meer dan zooo iaren. / Betrouwuende godts vuoort na sijn belooften goet / Slecht en recht Godalighe door haer vuaren, [center:] Mille gubervnata est, bis annis amplius orbis / Nature ratione, cibsi et sponte repertis, / Simplicitas q rudis, scelerate nescia fraudis, / Numinis æterni promissis institit usqz [right:] Le mode par raison naturelle a esté / Bien deux mille ans et plus en sa simplicité / REgi, content de peu, san fraude sans finesse, / Du grand Dieu tout puissant attendant la promesse.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2006

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
II
Standard Reference Number
H. 1149 (from Maerten de Vos H. 1149-1151)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.156
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Walter Melion and James Clifton, Through a Glass, Darkly: Allegory and Faith in Netherlandish Prints from Lucas van Leyden to Rembrandt, exh. cat., ed. Cynthia Blakeley, Michael C. Carlos Museum of Art (Atlanta, 2019), cat. no. 2, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Through a Glass, Darkly: Allegory and Faith in Netherlandish Prints from Lucas van Leyden to Rembrandt, Michael C. Carlos Museum of Art, Atlanta, 08/31/2019 - 12/01/2019

Verification Level

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