2011.613.44: The Taskmasters of the Pharaoh Beating the Israelites
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.44
- People
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Johann Sadeler I, Netherlandish (Brussels 1550 - 1600-8 Venice)
After Maarten van Cleve, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1527 - 1581)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
- Title
- The Taskmasters of the Pharaoh Beating the Israelites
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: The Story of Moses and Pharaoh
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1579
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342352
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: 20 x 28.2 cm (7 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 51
- inscription: in plate, lower margin: Jussa dei spernens rex durius urget Hebreos. Atque dari paleas hinc populo vetuit. Exod. 3.
- inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Pharao méprizant les menaces & commandem de Dieu tourmente les Israelites d'oppressions, eseigeant d'eux par force d'ordinairit / quantité de briques qu'Ils auyent accoustumé par jour, sans leur fit comme auparuant fournir la paille á vequize. Exod. 5. i0.
- inscription: in plate, lower edge of design, toward left: 3
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) 59; Hollstein 55.I
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
- 2011.613.44
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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