2011.613.91: Boaz and the Elders
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.91
- People
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Philips Galle, Netherlandish (Haarlem 1537 - 1612 Antwerp)
After Adriaan de Weerdt, Flemish (c. 1510-c. 1590)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
- Title
- Boaz and the Elders
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: The Story of Ruth
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1579
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342399
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: 21.4 x 26.8 cm (8 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 101
- inscription: in plate, lower margin: Calceus exutus testis præsente senatu est, Propinqui ut constet ius redemisse Boon. Ruth. 4.
- inscription: lower sheet margin, in brown ink: Au refus du plus proche parent qui dechausse son soulier in temoignage de renunciant au droit de proximité de sang Booz declarit / en prient du peuple auoir acquis pour femme Ruth Moabite veufue de Mahalon pour susciter le nom du defunt sur son heritages. / Ruth 4. i0. De ce mariage nasquit Obed, pere d'Jsaj pere de Dauid. v7.
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/ii
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein (de Jode) 109; New Hollstein (Galle) 21.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
- 2011.613.91
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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