2021.256: Hirah the Adullamite with the Kid, Inquiring for the Harlot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2021.256

People

Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert, Dutch (1519 - 1590)
After Maarten van Heemskerck, Netherlandish (Heemskerck 1498 - 1574 Haarlem)

Title

Hirah the Adullamite with the Kid, Inquiring for the Harlot

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Story of Judah and Tamar

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1549

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/370277

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 23.5 × 19.1 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 77
• inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 3
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: WM BR8504
• collector's mark: verso, lower left, red ink: JU / NG [in square] [Lugt 3791, mark of Richard Jung]
• inscription: lower left, under foot, in plate: MH [in ligature]
• watermark: Gothic P with clover

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Richard Jung (1911-1986), Fribourg-en-Brisgau (Lugt 3791). [James A. Bergquist, Boston], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1994, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 36; New Hollstein 36

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection

Accession Year

2021

Object Number

2021.256

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/25/2022 - 02/02/2023

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