2011.613.33: Aser and Nehphtali
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.33
- People
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Johann Sadeler I, Netherlandish (Brussels 1550 - 1600-8 Venice)
After Chrispijn van den Broeck, Netherlandish (Mechelen 1524 - 1590/91 Antwerp)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
- Title
- Aser and Nehphtali
- Other Titles
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Alternate Title: Aser, with Food and a Jug; Nephthali, with a Cerf
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1575
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342341
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
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sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
plate: 22 x 30.5 cm (8 11/16 x 12 in.)
left (Aser): 22 x 14.2 cm (8 11/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
right (Nehphtali): 22 x 14.3 cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 40
- inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right below figures: [below Aser] Pigne solum tibi dona tulit cerealis multa, / Regibus hinc multis uinoq paneq. // Nec Asaro desunt munera bacche tue / Temperat abrosias cum tura dapes // [below Nephtali] Neptalin ex multis seruatus sepe periclis, / Nostra tribus tëtaq fuit sæpissime bello, // Corniger infestus ceruus ut a canibus / Sed bonitate dei mox liberata fuit.
- inscription: in plate, in design area below figure to left and right, lower right corner: .9. / .i0.
- inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink, below each figure to left and right: Aser aussy. fils de Zilpha chambriere de Lea. / Nephtalj autre filz de Bala Chambriere de Rachel
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/iii
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein (de Jode) 48; Hollstein 3-14, 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
- 2011.613.33
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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