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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.294
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
Christ Before Caiaphas; Christ Before Pilate
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/342602

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: 20.2 x 12.7 cm (7 15/16 x 5 in.)
right: 20.3 x 13.1 cm (8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 306.
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, lower left and lower right corner of design area: 9 / 10
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, lower margin: Ducitur ad magni precelsa palatia Cayphæ, / Quem Cayphas rogat, et cedit atrox famulus. / Falso accusatus tacet, adiuratus Iesus: / Damnatur, cæsus luditur, inspuitur. // Venerat alma dies, illamque aurora fugarat / Qua fuerat passus plurima nocte Deus. / Et reus ad Ponti diducitur ora Pilati, / Destinet vt celse mitia membra cruci.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, left and right, brown ink: Jesus est conduit a Caÿphe grand ptre, lequel luy demande s'il estoit / le Christ filz de dieu. Veneit, et Jesus ayant respondu; que / jl l'estoit, Caÿphe deschire ses accoustremenz, disant qu'il auoit / blasphemé et quil estoit digne de mort. vn des soldatz luy donne / vn soufflez // Jesus est conduit a Pilate lequel ne le veut condamner, ains le renuoye / a Herodes Roy de Judee pour en cognoister.

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) 410, 411; New Hollstein (de Vos) 445.I, 446.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
2011.613.294
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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