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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.123
People
Unidentified Artist
After Pieter van der Borcht, Netherlandish (Mechelen 1545 - 1608 Antwerp)
Previously attributed to Jacob Floris
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Elisha Cursing the Children of Bethel
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Forty-two Children of Bethel Mocking Elisha Being Torn by Bears
Series/Book Title: The Story of Elijah and Elisha
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1579
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342431

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed from two plates 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: 18.3 x 24.5 cm (7 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 133
  • inscription: in plate, lower center of inner oval border: 4
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Elysée montant en Bethel, des petisz enfans se mocquent de luy et l'jniurient l'appellant teste chauue. / Il les maudit au nom du Seigneur. Lors deux ourses sortirent de la forest et les mirent en pieces.
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, center and to left of center: 4 / PvB[monogram]

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

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 144; New Hollstein 14

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
2011.613.123
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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