2011.629: Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger and His Deceased Wife Christina Muller

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.629

People

Aegidius Sadeler II, Flemish (Antwerp 1570 - 1629 Prague)

Title

Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger and His Deceased Wife Christina Muller

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1600

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/339716

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 29 x 41 cm (11 7/16 x 16 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 15
• inscription: verso, top, brown ink: 194
• inscription: engraved in plate, lower center: Priuatas lacrymas Bart. Sprangeri Egid. Sadeler miratus artem et amantem redamans, publicas fecit: et / eidem promutua beneuolentia dedicauit. Pragae Anno Seculari.
• inscription: engraved in plate, lower right corner: Marco Sadeler excudit

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

ii/ii

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 332

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton

Accession Year

2011

Object Number

2011.629

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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