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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.41
People
Hans Collaert the Elder, Netherlandish (1525/30 - 1580)
After Michiel Coxie
Previously attributed to Jan Snellinck, Flemish (c. 1544 - 1638)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Joseph Receives His Brothers and Benjamin
Other Titles
Title: Joseph Recognizes Benjamin
Series/Book Title: The Story of Joseph
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1579
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342349

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: 21 x 25.7 cm (8 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 48
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Beniamin adducto repetunt cum munere Joseph, Quos fratres tendem prodidit esse suos. Genes: 43.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Joseph voyant son frer Benjamin, sent son cueur es meu de compassion sur son frer & cerche lieu pour pleurir. Il fait manger / ses freres á sa table, mais á part, fait presenter á Benjamin portion cinq fois plus grosse que aux aultres. Gen. 43. 34
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, toward right: 7

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
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 56

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
2011.613.41
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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