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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.155
People
Unidentified Artist
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Tobit Blinded by the Sparrow while Sleeping in front of His House
Other Titles
Former Title: Bird Droppings Blinding Tobit
Series/Book Title: The Story of Tobias, plate 1
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1582-85
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342463

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: 19.5 x 27.4 cm (7 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 165
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Senior Tobias se quiete tradens passerum stercore cecus fit
  • inscription: in plate, lower right corner of design area: M. de vos inuentor / G. de Jode excudebat
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area at center: 1
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: TOBIE deuient aueugle luy estant tombé dans les yeux ouuertz de la fiente de d'hirodelle passereause 7 Thob. 2.i0.

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) 183; New Hollstein (Collaert) 166.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
2011.613.155
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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