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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.112.5
People
Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
The Consecration of the New Altar
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of Maccabees
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1574
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/327678

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 23.1 x 32 cm (9 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
plate: 20.2 x 28.8 cm (7 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: engraved in the lower plate margin:  Offerunt Iudei sacrificium legem altare holocaustorum nouum quod fecerant; secundum tempus et diem in qua contaminauerunt illud gentes. / benedicentes eum qui prospeauit eis. / Machab: i . Cap: 4 . / 5 [without the top stroke]
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink:  430
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written in graphite:


















    THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY
    / 2008.112.5 [Lugt 936]





State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 66, Mauquoy-Hendrickx 50, Hollstein 66

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert and Barbara Wheaton
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.112.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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