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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.125
People
Harmen Jansz. Müller, Dutch (c. 1540 - 1617)
After Maarten van Heemskerck, Netherlandish (1498 - 1574)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Athaliah Destroying the Royal Progeny
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of Joash and Queen Athaliah
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1567
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342433

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: 18.9 x 24.2 cm (7 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 135
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Impia progentem leto hat Atalia Regis, Solus atanniculus mortem declinat Jöas, 1
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Athalia mere d'Ochosias, (dernier Roy en Juda de la race de Salomon) voyant son filz mort fait passe á l'epee toutte la / semence Royale de Josaphat. Joâs filz de Juda jssu de Hathan âagé d'un an seulemt nourry parmy les enfans D'ochosias / est sauué du massacre auecq sa nourrice par Josaba fille de Jorami sieur d'Ochosias. 4. Roys. 11.
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: M. Martinus Heemskerck Inuentor / Harman Muller Fecit // Gerard. de Iode Excudebat.
  • inscription: in plate, on lowest foreground step: IIII. REG. XI.

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) 145; New Hollstein 29.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
2011.613.125
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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