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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.120
People
Unidentified Artist
After Jan Snellinck, Flemish (c. 1544 - 1638)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Elijah and the Prophets of Baal
Other Titles
Series/Book 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/342428

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: 20.3 x 28.4 cm (8 x 11 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 130
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Asseruere ei cultum miracula missa, Heliæ manibus turba prophana cadit. 3 .Reg: i8.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Les profetes de Baal sacrifians n'operent rien. Elje ayant appresté son sacrifice et fait arroser par troys fois d'eau, / le fou du Siegneur decendit, et consuma l'holocauste et le bois et les pierres et la poudre et huma toutte l'eau du fossé. 3. Roys. 18.38
  • inscription: in plate, lower right corner of design area: . 4 .
  • watermark: Gothic P and countermark IV[?]

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) 140

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
2011.613.120
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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