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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.323
People
Adriaen Collaert, Flemish (c. 1560 - 1618)
After Jan Snellinck, Flemish (c. 1544 - 1638)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
The Beast from the Bottomless Pit / The Apocalyptic Woman and the Seven-headed Dragon / The Adoration of the Beast with Ten Horns and Seven Heads / The Adoration of the Lamb on Mount Zion
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Revelation of Saint John
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
before 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342631

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.)
upper left: 8.1 x 7.4 cm (3 3/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
upper right: 8.2 x 7.6 cm (3 1/4 x 3 in.)
lower left: 8.3 x 7.8 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
lower right: 8.4 x 7.7 cm (3 5/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 335
  • inscription: in plate, upper row left and right, lower row left and right, upper margin: 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
  • inscription: in plate, upper row left and right, lower row left and right, lower margin: Corrupti Vates metitur limina templi / Et dominus tostes exhibet inde duos / Bestia quos laniat Ianiatos excitat ipse / Omnipotens cœli et scandere summa iubet / Cap 11 // Matre suum pariente Draco vult perdere natum / Angelica inunanem perdidit huncce cohors / In cœlo pax est terras discordia Vexat / Excitat in sanctos prælia sæua Draco / Cap 12 // Septenis capitum monstris se bestus profert / Totius hanc mundi regna prophana cohint / Huic agni specie similis sed Voce draconi / Insequitur signis bestia fœda potens / Cap. 13 // In sancto iam monte Sion sanctissimus agnus / Astat, et hunc Circum Caritica Læta sonant / Ecce Babel tandem cadit agno gloria cedit / Ergo sequens agmon quisque beatus erit / Cap. 14

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/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 373-376

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
2011.613.323
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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