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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.265
People
Julius Goltzius, Flemish (1550 - 1595)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Johannes Baptista Vrientius (Flemish, 1552 - 1612)
Title
The Good Shepherd
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Works of Christ
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342573

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: 20.5 x 28.4 cm (8 1/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 277.
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, to left, center, and right: M. de Vos inuent. / Iul. Goltzius Sculp, / Ioan. Baptista Vrints. excu.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Ego sum ostium, per me si quis introierit, Saluabitur, et, ingredietur, et pasena inueniet. Fur non venit, nisi vt furetur et / mactet, & perdat, ego veni vt vitam habeant, et abundantius habeant. Ego sum pastor bonus, bonus pastor animam suam dat pro ouibus suis. / Ioannis .10.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Jesus la porte des brebis. Si aucun entre par moy il sera sauué. il entera et sortira et trouuera pasture. le larron ne vient que pō desrobber, fuer, et destruire, / je suis venu a fin quelles ayent vye, et quelles en ayent en abondance. Je suis le bon pasteur. le bon pasteur met sa vye pō. Ses brebis.

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.

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
2011.613.265
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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