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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.616
People
Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch (Antwerp, Netherlands 1565 - 1629 The Hague, Netherlands)
After Karel van Mander, Netherlandish (Meulebeke, Belgium 1548 - 1606 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Perseus Rescuing Andromeda
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1588
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/339688

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate diameter: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)
sheet: 18.8 x 19.1 cm (7 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: engraved in print, lower center: IAQVES. DE GHEYN SCVPTOR. KVMANDERE INVE. 1588
  • inscription: below plate, center, brown ink: 123
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: J de Gheyn / H 422
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: [illegible]
  • inscription: Engraved in the blank border of the plate, beginning with a * at the lower center: * PERSEVS EXEMPEO EST VIRGINE IN ANDROMEDA . H . I . [calligraphic flourish] J Pitten . excu : * VIS TIBI NVLLA cADET BENE, IN PRUDENTIA PRÆSIT: [calligraphic flourish]
  • inscription: lower center of the sheet margin, brown ink: 123

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.

Notes:
Robert Bradford Wheaton passed away in 2010.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 144 (The De Gheyn family); Hollstein 422; Filedt Kok 422

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.616
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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