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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.315
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
Saint James the Great; Saint Thomas
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Christ, the Apostles, and Saint Paul, with the Creed
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
before 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342623

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: 19.6 x 13.9 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
right: 20.3 x 14.3 cm (8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 327
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, lower edge of design area, center: 5 / 6
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, lower margin: PASSVS SVB PONTIO PILATO CRVCIFIXVS MORTVVS ET SEPVLTVS / IACOBVSZebedei filius, maior dictus, eo quod prior in Apostolor. numerū ascitus fuerit. In Hispa = / niam proficiscitur Euangelium enunciaturus: sed gentis ingenio cognito, in Iudeam reuertens, Hÿe / rosolÿmis ab Herode quodam, martÿrio decorat. // DESCENDIT AD INFERNA, TERTIA DIE RESVRREXIT A MORTVIS / THOMAS Geminus appellatus, vuus ex dyodecim:tactus diuino spiritu Indos adir. Parthis, / Medis, Persiq Euangeliophorus Euangeliū impaertiuit. Poste, idolatrico cultu nondū plane so = / pito, exurendus exhibet, sed abacto dolore bastilib perfossus, occumbit.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, left and right, brown ink: Sainct jacques filz de Zebedee appellé majeur dautant qu'il fut le premier admis / au nombre des apostles, sa cheminá en Espagne en dessein d'y annoncer l'éuangile / mais ayant reconnu l'jnclinaon de cette nation, il s'en retourne en Judee et est / Martyrisé in Jerusalem soubz vn certain Gerodes // Sainct Thomas dit geminus l'vn des douze apostles poussé du Sct. esprit sa iooooookllllllllk'chemine / aux jndes presche l'euangile aux Parthes aux Medes et aux Perses, peu apres / l'jdolatrie n'estant encore du tout esteinte il est jetté au feu lequel ni ayant / voulu endommager, on le transperce d'vne jaueline.
  • watermark: [illegible]
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, at upper right corner: S. IACOBVS / MAIOR. // S. THOMAS.

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
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 484, 485; Hollstein (de Vos) 1144.II, 1145.II

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
2011.613.315
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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