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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.175
People
Joannes van Doetecum, Netherlandish (Deventer 1528/32 - 1605 Haarlem)
Lucas van Doetecum, Netherlandish (Deventer active 1554 - 1579/89 ?)
After Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch (Leeuwarden 1525/1526 - 1609 Hamburg)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
King Nebukadnessar and the Worship of the Golden Statue
Other Titles
Former Title: Nebuchadnezzar Ordering to Worship the Gold Statue
Series/Book Title: The Story of Daniel
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
before 1576
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342483

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving and etching 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: 24.2 x 32.4 cm (9 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 185
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Aurea adoratur mandato regis imago, Hanc Daniel spreuit nec coluisse iuuat. Daniel. 3.
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, centered : .3.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Sidrach, Mesach, et Abdenago refusans d'adorer l'jdol de Nabuchodozor sont jettéz en la fournaize de feu ardent ou Ils demourrent sans auoine le sion / puis en sortirnt par le commandemt de Nabuchodonozor qui benit leur Dieu et reconnoitr sa puissant. Dan. 3. 55.

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) 204; Hollstein 456.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
2011.613.175
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2500 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/26/2024 - 07/11/2024

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