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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.117
People
Unidentified Artist
After Jan Snellinck, Flemish (c. 1544 - 1638)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Elijah Speaking to Ahab
Other Titles
Title: The Story of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1578-79
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342425

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: 20.1 x 28.8 cm (7 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 127
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Venturos absque imbre dies propheta minatur Achabo regi, pestiferamque famen. 3. Reg: i7.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Helie Thesbite, profete des habitans de Galaad dit au Roy Achab: aussy vray que le Seigneur Dieu d'Jsrael vit / en la pnce duquel j'assiste ces annees cy Il ny aura pluye ny rosée si je ne le dy. 3. Roys. 17. 1. Helie est repeu / par les corbeaux de pain et de viande soir et matin 1.
  • inscription: in plate, indesign area at lower edge of the fountain: .İ.
  • watermark: Gothic P and illegibe 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/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 137

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
2011.613.117
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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