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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.135
People
Unidentified Artist
After Ambrosius Francken (1544 - 1618)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Darius I
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Kings of Persia
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
before 1579
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342443

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: 25.5 x 19.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 145
  • inscription: in plate, upper edge, interrupted by the figure's head and sword: Da[sword]rius filius Hystaspis persa[head]rum tertius ex eqià hinnitu in fastigium / regni [sword] euectus, ūq summa cum laude [head] postea administrauit hic Babilonem Vrbem / detract[sword]antē impernī perfarū post lon[head]gā obsidioē recuperauit. Vixit aös .63. jus. li. 1.
  • inscription: in plate, above lower edge to left of center: 3
  • inscription: right sheet margin (beneath plate in correct orientation): DARIVS fliz de Hystasges elue Roy par la ruze de son escuyer et reconnu par tous les aultres / Princes suyuant l'accord fait par entr'eux en fauoir de celuy dont le cheual Hennirois[?] le premier auparaunt / le soleil levé. Il eut à femme la fille de Cyrus par le moyen de Zopyrus son feal amy. Regnit Babylone / priz par les Assyriens, fit la guerre aux Scythes, puis aux grecs qui le desfirent. Vescut 63. ans.

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/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 157

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
2011.613.135
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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