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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.225
People
Pieter Jalhea Furnius, Flemish (c. 1545 - 1626)
After Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Satan Sowing Darnel
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Parable of the Sower and the Seed
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1568
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342533

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: 19.7 x 24.2 cm (7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 235
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: DVM DORMVNT HOMINES INIMICVS ZIZANIA INTERSERIT TRITICO M
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Autre similitude où le Seigneur dit que le Royaume des Cieux est semblable à vn homme qui à semé bonne Semenee in son champ. Mais / que pendant que les Semmes dorment son enemy est venu qui à semé de l'yuage parmj le bon bled. l'explicaōn de ces Paraboles / est longue il les faut veoir en Sct. Math. xiij et xiiij

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) 261; New Hollstein 93.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
2011.613.225
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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