2008.112.7: The Five Heavenly Warriors in the War Against Timotheus

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2008.112.7

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 Five Heavenly Warriors in the War Against Timotheus

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Story of Maccabees

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1574

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/327680

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 22.2 x 30.9 cm (8 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
plate: 20 x 28.8 cm (7 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower plate margin:: Machebeo pugnanti contra Thimoteum viri quinq in equis aureis frenis ornattis subsidio mittumtur qui ducatum exercitui præstent ipsumq defendant / Machab: 2 . Cap: 10 / 7
• inscription: lower sheet margin in brown ink::  432
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written in graphite:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY
  / 2008.112.7 [Lugt 936]
  
  
  
  
  
  

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 68, Mauquoy-Hendrickx 52; Hollstein 68

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert and Barbara Wheaton

Accession Year

2008

Object Number

2008.112.7

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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