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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.108
People
Hans Collaert the Elder, Netherlandish (1525/30 - 1580)
After Jan Snellinck, Flemish (c. 1544 - 1638)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Possibly by Hans Collaert the Younger, Netherlandish (1566-1628)
Title
Solomon Sentences Adonijah to Death
Other Titles
Former Title: Adonijah addressing himself to Bathsheba
Series/Book Title: The Story of Solomon
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1574
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342416

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: 18.8 x 24.2 cm (7 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 118
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Adonias frustra regalia scepta cupiuit. Nam successorem rex Salomona uocat. 3. Reg. Cap. 2.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: ADONIAS filz de Dauid et d'Aggith luy veult succeder au Royaume. Dauid suyuant la promesse par luy / faitte a Betsabée nomme Salomon pour son successeur, le fait monter sur sa mule et Jce luy orndre par sa doc / sacrificateur et retonnoistre po Roy. Adonias obtint pardon mais demandant pour a femme Abigail sunamite / femme de son pere Dauid mort, est tué par commandemt de Salomon. 3. Roys. ch. 2. 25.
  • watermark:

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/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 127

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
2011.613.108
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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