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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.310
People
Unidentified Artist
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Paul's Escape in a Basket from Damascus, Paul Cured of His Blindness by Ananias
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Saint Paul Escaping Damascus; Saint Paul's Sight Restored by Ananias
Series/Book Title: Acts of the Apostles
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1591-1600
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342618

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: 19 x 13 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
right: 19 x 13 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 322
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, at lower edge of design area, at right in left plate, at left in right plate: M. de Vos inuent. / M. de Vos inuent.
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, lower margin: Conuerso Paulo frustra insidiare Iudæe, / Nam, sanctum seruat, pendula sporta, virum. // Dum cæco superimponit tibi dextram Ananias, / Diuino visus , numine, Paule datur.
  • inscription: left and right, lower margin, at right, brown ink: . act. cap. 9. / . act. 9.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, left and right, brown ink: Sainct Paul presche en damas, les juifz le veulent mettre a mort, quelques vne / qui croyent en Jesus Christ le deuallent en vne corbeille par su s / les murailles de la Ville. // Ananias met les mains sur Paul et Incontinent it recouure la veüe, et / preche Jesus Christ filz de dieu.

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) 507, 502; Hollstein 898.I; Hollstein 897.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
2011.613.310
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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