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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.28
People
Jan Harmensz. Muller, Dutch (Amsterdam 1571 - 1628 Amsterdam)
After Maarten van Heemskerck, Netherlandish (1498 - 1574)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Dinah Taken Home by Simeon and Levi
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of Dinah and Sechem
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1569
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342336

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: 19.9 x 24.3 cm (7 13/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 35
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Post tres dies circumcisionis, Filÿ Jacob morti, tradiderunt quod quod Viri erant in Ciuitatem. Gene. 34. 4
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Le troisieme jo apres la circoncision les deux filz de Jacob simeon et Liuj freres de Dina entrent armez dans Sichem / e passent au fil de l'epee Himor e Sichem son filz et tout masle de la Cité, et rameinent Dina leur soeur. Gen. 34.26.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[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
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 34.I; New Hollstein (de Jode) 43

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
2011.613.28
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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