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Identification and Creation
Object Number
2011.613.270
People
Hans Collaert the Elder, Netherlandish (1525/30 - 1580)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Christ's Feet Annointed by a Sinner
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Jesus's Feet Anointed by a Sinner
Series/Book Title: Conversions of Sinners
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342578
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: 19.6 x 27.6 cm (7 11/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 282
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Unguento Christum perfundit in æde Sijmonis, Fœmina peccatrix, saluaque facta fide est. Luc .7.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Jesus prenant sa refection chez vn Pharisien nommé Symon, Voicy que vne femme de la ville, laquelle estois pechecesse, se jette a ses piedz les arrosant de larmes, et / les essuyant de ses cheuveax, puis respand de l'onguint tressuaue dessus. Icelle en fin, par sa grande foy, obtient pardon de ses pechez.
Provenance
[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/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 311; New Hollstein (Collaert) 309.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
2011.613.270
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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