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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.298
People
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
Christ Nailed on the Cross; Christ on the Cross
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Christ Crucified; Christ on the Cross
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/342606

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 x 12.4 cm (7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
right: 20.1 x 12.6 cm (7 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 310
  • inscription: in plate, left, at left corner and center of design area: 17 / Petrus de Iode Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right corner of design area: Petrus de Iode Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, lower margin: Deposito hic ligno trux et gens effera Christi / Diripiunt vestes, ossaq nuda patent. / Ter veneranda cruci componunt membra, terebrant / Cum pedibus sanctas effodiuntq manus. // 18 Ô dolor hîc summum Deus, ô, fert, ecce, laborem, / Exaltatq sacrum trabs veneranda caput. / Stat genitrix, natusq, novus, comitesq sequutæ, / Quæ venit vetito tollitur ira cibo.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, left and right, brown ink: Jesus estant arriué au mont de Caluaire, jls le despouillent. le / couchent sur la Croix et attachent a jcelle auec cloux / par les piedz et par les mains. // Jesus est leué en la Croix òu il rend l'ame a son pere apres auoir / eu le costé ouuert d'vn coup de lance et apres auoir beu du vin aigre / a luy presenté en vne esponge.
  • watermark: Gothic P

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) 418, 419; New Hollstein (de Vos) 453.I, 454.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
2011.613.298
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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