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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.312
People
Unidentified Artist
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Stephen's Sermon, The Death of Ananias and Sapphira
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Saint Stephen before the Sanhedrin and the Stoning of Saint Stephen; Death of Ananias and Sapphira
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/342620

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: 18.5 x 13.1 cm (7 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
right: 19.2 x 12.6 cm (7 9/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 324
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, lower edge of design area, lower right and lower left corner: M. de Vos inuent. / M. de Vos inuent.
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, lower margin: Dum docet, et Stephanus scribarum dogmata damnat, / Ingenti lapidum grandine pressus, obit // Agri de precio iusto fraudantem Ananiam, / Vxoremque suam, mors inopina rapit
  • inscription: lower plate margin, left and right, at right, brown ink: .act. 6. 7. / .act .v.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, left and right, brown ink: Sainct Estienne diacre preschans Jesus Christ et contrepointans la doctrine / des Scribes et Pharisiens est lapidé et meurt premier Martyr en priant mesmes pō. ceaux qui le lapidoyent. // Vn homme nommé Ananias vend vn champ et en recete quelque partye / du pris apportant le reste aux Apostles et que ce estoit tous de que / il auoit esté vendu, et jncontinens il meut.

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) 499, 498; Hollstein 894.I; Hollstein 893.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
2011.613.312
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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