2011.613.190: The Head and Hand of Nicanor Shown to the People
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.190
- People
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Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
After Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
- Title
- The Head and Hand of Nicanor Shown to the People
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: The Story of the Maccabees
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1573
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342498
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
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sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
plate: 20.1 x 28.3 cm (7 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 201
- inscription: in plate, lower margin: Caput Nicanoris amputatum et detram quam extenderat superbē, suspenderunt ex aduerso Ierosolÿmarum, diemq illum egerunt festum. / Machab: 1. Cap: 7. 6
- inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Nicanor Lieutenant du Roy Demetrius est tué en bataille par Judas et sa teste et sa main couppées et pendües pres Jerusalem / 1. Machab. 7. 47.
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) 222; Hollstein 67.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
- 2011.613.190
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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