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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.193
People
Hieronymus Wierix, Netherlandish (c. 1553 - 1619)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Jonah Fleeing the Presence of the Lord
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of Jonah
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342501

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 x 24.9 cm (7 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite
    note: this misnumbers the folio and all succeeding folios by repeating the preceeding folio number.: 203
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Mittitur ad Niniues celeberrima mœna Jonas, Imperium domini sed tamen ille fugit. Jonas Cap. 1. Ieronim Wierix fecit.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Leue toy (dit le Seigneur á Jonas) et sen va en Niniue la grande cité et crye contre jielle car leur malice est montée / deuant moy. Jonas cap. 1.
  • watermark: [illegible mark and countermark]

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/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 225; Hollstein 53.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
2011.613.193
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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