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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.293
People
Anton Wierix II, Flemish (c. 1555/1559 - 1604)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
The Betrayal of Christ; The Denial of Peter
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scenes from the Birth and Passion 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/342601

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.)
left: 20.9 x 13.1 cm (8 1/4 x 5 3/16 in.)
right: 20.2 x 12.9 cm (7 15/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 305
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, bottom margin: 7 Ecce venit Iudas et falsa per oscula prodit / Rectorē vitæ: numeris ecquid erit: / Seq dabat Christus, nullis ambagibus vrens, / Fustibus, et gladÿs, funibus arq noci. // 8 Ter Petrus innocuum timido negat ore magistrum / Nec potuit verbi tunc memor esse sui. / Gallus concinuit, Petrum respexit Iesus, / Exijt illachrymans, pœnituitq diu,
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, left and right, brown ink: Judas trahit Jesus en le baisant, la multitude se saisit jncontinent de sa / personne, Pierre tire son cousteau et en abbat l'oreille du Seruiteur du grand / ptre, nommé Malehus. // Tous les disciples apres la prise de Jesus Christ s'en instanz fuys, l'abandonnerent: / Pierre seul le suiuit de loing jusques in la cour du grand ptrae. on l'accuse d'estre / des disciples de Jesus. Il nye son ME. le coq chante. Pierre se souuient de la / parole du Seigneur; sort deshors et fait poenitence.

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) 408, 409; New Hollstein (de Vos) 443.I, 444.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
2011.613.293
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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