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Identification and Creation
Object Number
2011.613.6
People
Johann Sadeler I, Netherlandish (1550 - 1600-8)
After Chrispijn van den Broeck, Netherlandish (Mechelen 1524 - 1590/91 Antwerp)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
The Temptation
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of the Creation of the World and the Fall of Man
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1575
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342314
Physical Descriptions
Medium
Engraving printed in black ink with added transparent and opaque watercolor and metallic gold on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
plate: 19.5 x 26.6 cm (7 11/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 6
  • inscription: in plate, below image: Iußa dei ƒumpto violantur ab arbore pomo, Efficit hoc tacitis vipera ƒæúa dolis. Geneƒis. 3.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right corner of design area: 5
  • inscription: in plate, lower left and lower right corner of design area: Jhsaler. facī: 1575. / 5
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Le Seigneur dit [erased] La femme seduitte par le serpent induit l'homme á peché.
Provenance
[Paul Prouté, Paris, France, sold]; to Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
State
ii/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 8, Hollstein 70
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton in memory of Robert Bradford Wheaton
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.613.6
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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