2011.613.212: The Magi Warned in a Dream not to Return to Herod
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.212
- People
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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 Magi Warned in a Dream not to Return to Herod
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: The Story of the Youth of Christ
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1585
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342520
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: 20.7 x 24.8 cm (8 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 222
- inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, to right of center: .7.
- inscription: in plate, lower margin: Angelus in somnis alia discedere terra, Iussut, ad herodis nec remeare domum Math. 2.
- inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: l'ange aduertit les Roys en songe de ne retourir à Herode ains qu'ilz prennent vn autre chemin / pō. s'en retourner en leur pais.
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) 247; Hollstein 134.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
- 2011.613.212
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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