2021.382: Jan van Scorel

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2021.382

People

Attributed to Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
Published by Theodoor Galle, Flemish (Antwerp 1571 - 1633 Antwerp)

Title

Jan van Scorel

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Germaniae Inferioris Effigies, third edition, plate 17
Series/Book Title: Painters' Portraits

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1572

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/370522

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving on beige antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 20.4 × 12.6 cm (8 1/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
sheet: 24.3 × 18.4 cm (9 9/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, top: Obijt Ultraiecti ad D. Virginis Canonicus 1562. 17
• inscription: In plate, below image:
  IOANNES SCORELIVS / BATAVVS PICTOR. / Primus ego egregious pictura inuisere Romam / Exemplo docuisse meo per Secula Belgas / Cuncta serar: neque enim iusth{?[ dignandus honore / Artificis, qui non graphidas, pigmentaque mille / Consumpsit, tabulasque Schola depinxit in illa. / Th. Galle excud. Dom. Lampsonius
  
  
  
  
• inscription: below image, brown ink: 17

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

iii/iv

Standard Reference Number

Riggs 269; Muller II 4895; New Hollstein 2029

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

2021

Object Number

2021.382

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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