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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.214
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 Massacre of the Innocents
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/342522

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: 20.8 x 25 cm (8 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 224
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area toward left: .9.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Infantes matrum iugulantur ab vbere rapti, Hoc numero vt caderet filius ipse dei Math. 2.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Herode se voyant decert des Roys fut fort courroucé, et ayant enuoyé ses gens occit tous enfanz qui estoyent en Bethlehem et in toutes / les marches d'Acelle, depuis ceux de deux ans et au dessus, selon le temps duquel il s'estoit enquis des Roys.
  • inscription: upper right corner of sheet, brown ink: 1003

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) 249; New Hollstein 64.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
2011.613.214
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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