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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.264
People
Pieter de Jode, the Elder, Flemish (1570 - 1634)
After Adam van Noort, Flemish (1562-1641)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Christ in the House of Nicodemus
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Jesus with Nicodemus
Series/Book Title: The Works of Christ
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
after 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342572

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: 17.7 x 22.6 cm (6 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 276
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, to left: Vidua Gerardi de Iode excud.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left, centered, and to right: Adam . van Oort / inuentor. // A CHRISTO SOLYMA DOCTOR NICODEMVS IN VRBE / DANDA SIBI QVAERIT QVA RATIONE SALVS. // pETRUS DE iODE / sCULPSIT.
  • inscription: lower plate margin, inserted in brown ink after the central engraved legend: Ioan .3.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Nicodeme docteur et des premiers entre les Juifz vint de nuit trouuer Jesus Christ / qui estoit pour lors en Jerusalem pour estre jnstruit en ce qui concernoit son salut.
  • watermark: Gothic P

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

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) under 305; Hollstein 66

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
2011.613.264
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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