2011.613.296: The Crowning with Thorns; Ecce Homo
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.296
- People
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Anton Wierix II, Flemish (c. 1555/1559 - 1604)
Pieter de Jode, the Elder, Flemish (1570 - 1634)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
- Title
- The Crowning with Thorns; Ecce Homo
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Scenes from the Birth and Passion of Christ
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- after 1585
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342604
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
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sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
left: 20.2 x 12.1 cm (7 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
right: 20.3 x 12.6 cm (8 x 4 15/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 308
- inscription: in plate, left, lower rright corner: 13
- inscription: in plate, right, lower edge of design area, to left and center: 14 / Petrus de Iode Sculp.
- inscription: in plate, left and right, lower margin: Vulnificis cæsus caput, heu, venerabile spinis / Cingitur: Ô feritas, saxigenumq genus: / Regali chlamyde et decoratus arundine sceptro / Incurvoq genu luditur innocuus. // Dura coronatæ spectant ut vulnera frontis, / Et speciem brutis quæ miseranda foret; Tolle, affige cruci, damant, furemq resolve, / Nec cessant donec detur in exitium.
- inscription: lower sheet margin, left and right, brown ink: Pilate contraint liure jesus aux juifz. ilz le despouillent et luy / vestent vn manteau de pourpre. puis ayant ployé vne Couronnet / d'espines luy en encernent le chef, et luy donnent vn roseau / en le main, le salüant puis apres, en se moquant, comme Roy. // Pilate monstre jesus aux juifz tout sanglant des coups de verges / et couronné d'espines. Mais eux ne se contentantz, crient dizant, qu'jl soit Crucifié.
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) 414, 415; New Hollstein (de Vos) 449.I, 450.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
- 2011.613.296
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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