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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.69
People
Hans Collaert the Elder, Netherlandish (1525/30 - 1580)
After Jan Snellinck, Flemish (c. 1544 - 1638)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Gideon and Jair
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Twelve Judges of Israel
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1579
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342377

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: 20.6 x 25.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 79
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin to left and right: Sicca sit ut tellus Gedeon vult vellera limpham / Desudent, Madian cæsus ab ense iacet // Justitiam violat populus dum regna tenebat / Jair, tunc cecidit relligionis honos
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, to left and right, in brown ink: Israel malmené par les Madianites crie au Seigneur qui luy suscite par / lAnge le vaillant GiDEON : filz de Ioas. Dieu luy confirme la victoyre / promise par le double signe de la toyson premiermet mouillée de rosee puis / assechée. Juges. 6. 37. // LAIR Galaadite gouuerna Jsrael 22. ans. Jug. İ0. 3.
  • inscription: in plate, above and below the figures, to left and right: Gedion. / 5 // Jair. / 6
  • watermark: Gothic P and illegible countermark

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 (de Jode) 87

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
2011.613.69
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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