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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.222
People
Unidentified Artist
After Ambrosius Francken (1544 - 1618)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Christ in the House of Mary and Martha
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist and Christ
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342530

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: 20.3 x 24.8 cm (8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 232
  • inscription: in plate, in design area at left corner and center: Ambros. Franc. inuent. / Gerard de Iode excud.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Martha Martha sollicita es, et turbaris erga plurima. Porrò vnum est necessarium Maria optimam partem elegit, quæ non auferetur ab ea. Lucæ 10.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Jesus Christ arriue en vne bourgade. est receu d'vne femme nommée Marthe laguelle auoit vne Soeur nommée Marie seise aux pieds de Jesus escoutant sa parolle. Or - / Martha estant seule empeschée au preparatif de la Collation se plaint que sa Soeur ne Luy ayde: à laquelle Jesus respond. Marthe, Marthe, Tu as soucy et / Te troubler de beaucoup de choses; Mais vne seule chose est necessaire Martha a choisy la bonne partie qui ne Luy sera point ostrée.

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) 259

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
2011.613.222
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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