2011.634.8: Title page

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.634.8

People

Crispijn de Passe I, Dutch (Arnemuiden, Zeeland 1564 - 1637 Utrecht)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)

Title

Title page

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Cathena Aurea Platonis / Seven Planets

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1600

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/339731

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 24.7 x 19 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
sheet: 32.5 x 23.8 cm (12 13/16 x 9 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: engraved in plate, upper center: CATHENA AVREA / PLATONIS [followed by additional lines of Latin text]
• inscription: lower right below plate, graphite: Crispijn de Passe
• inscription: lower right below plate, graphite: Suite complète / Titre / 7 planets / K1- [?], H+

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

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 1373a (Maarten de Vos), Hollstein 536 (de Passe)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

2011

Object Number

2011.634.8

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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