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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.208
People
Johann Sadeler I, Netherlandish (1550 - 1600-8)
After Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
The Annunciation to the Shepherds
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of the Youth of Christ
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342516

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 x 25.2 cm (8 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 218
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area toward left: .3. G. de Iode excudebat
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Angelus e celo missus pastoribus addest, Deq dei gnato nuncia læta tulit. Luc. 2.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: L'ange annoce aux pasteurs comme Jesus Christ est né. Ilz entendent vne multitude des armees coelestes loüans dieu / et disant. Gloire soit a dieu es lieux treshaut et en terre paix enuers les hommes de bonne volonté.
  • inscription: in plate, in a banner held by an angel: Gloria in excelsis deo ac in terra pax hominibq bone voluntatis

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/v
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 243; Hollstein 130.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
2011.613.208
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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