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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.42
People
Johann Sadeler I, Netherlandish (1550 - 1600-8)
After Maarten van Cleve, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1527 - 1581)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
God Appearing to Moses
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of Moses and Pharaoh
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1579
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342350

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: 20 x 28.4 cm (7 7/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 49
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Ex ardente rubo, deus his cum Mose loquelas, Miscet et Ægipti mandat adire solem Exod. Cap. 3.
  • inscription: in lower sheet margin, brown ink: Moyse menant paistre en la montaigne d'Horeb le bestajl de Jethro son beau pere, l'ange du seigneur luy apparoist en flamme / de feu au milieu d'un buisson ardent en feu sans se consumer & dist, N'approche point d'jey dechausse ses souliers car le lieu sur lequel, / tu t'arrestes est terre sainte. Exod. 3.
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, toward right: 1 Gerard de Iode Excudebat JSaeÿler. f.

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) 57; Hollstein 54

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
2011.613.42
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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