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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.183
People
Unidentified Artist
After Jan Snellinck, Flemish (c. 1544 - 1638)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Kings of Judah
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1579
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342491

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: 21.5 x 27.6 cm (8 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 193
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, center: 5.
  • inscription: in plate, above figures, left, center, and right: IOTHAM / ACHAS / EZECHIAS
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left, center, and right: Regnauit sedecim annis is pius erat et fœliciter / pugnauit contra Ammon // Similiter regnauit .17: añ In. oppidis passim idola / erexit Cremauit et folium in sacrificio. / Annos.29 rex fuit hic rursus antruit templū, deleuit / idola, et decimas suas dari sacerdotibus iusit.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, left, center, and right, brown ink: Joatham son filz a agé de 25. ans regna i6.ans / en Jerusalem et deffit les Ammonites. // Achaz son filz a agé de 20. ans regna / 17. ans. fut Jdolatre. fit passer ses filz / par le fin selon l'abominaont des gentilz. // Ezechias son filz regna 29. ans. redusia / le temple. abbatit le Jdoles et ordonna les / Deames pour les Prestres.

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) 212

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
2011.613.183
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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