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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.162
People
Unidentified Artist
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Judith Presented to Holofernes
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of Judith and Holofernes
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342470

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: 19.8 x 25.9 cm (7 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 172
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: CVM SOCİA PER CASTRA DVCE PETİT ECCE İVDITHA, AVRİBVS ET REGIS PLVRIMA VERBA DEDİT
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Judith est ameneé á Holofernes qui l'admire pour sa grande beauté et sagesse. Judith .i0.20 - ii.19.

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/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 191; New Hollstein (de Vos) 173.II

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
2011.613.162
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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