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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.177
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
Daniel Feeding the Dragon
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Daniel and the Dragon
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/342485

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: 23.7 x 32.4 cm (9 5/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 187
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge to left of center: .5.
  • inscription: in plate at upper edge: Obiecta serpens moritur Babylonicus offa, Numinis hinc in eo constat addesse nihil. / Danielis .i4.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Daniel decouure au Roy la fraude des 40. sacrificateurs de Bel que le Roy fait ensurir auecq leurs femmes et enfans. Dan. 14. 21. Ce Dragon est vng / autre Idole que les Babiloniens adoroient. Daniel luy mettant en la guiule certains tourteaux le fait dreuer dont les Babyloniens murmurent.

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) 206; Hollstein 458.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
2011.613.177
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2500 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/15/2018 - 03/13/2019

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