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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.4
People
Johann Jakob Ridinger, German (Augsburg circa 1736 - 1784 Augsburg)
After Johann Elias Ridinger, German (Ulm 1698? - 1767 Augsburg)
Title
The Rule of Death: Omnia mihi subdita
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379408

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mezzotint on off white antique laid paper
Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
plate: 57.4 × 41.3 cm (22 5/8 × 16 1/4 in.)
sheet: 59.3 × 42.6 cm (23 3/8 × 16 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: Ioh. Iacob Ridinger sculps.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: Ioh. El. Ridinger delin. et excud. Aug. Vind.
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: Th. 1477.
  • inscription: left, on plaque: SUm qui non curo quis aut qua - / Nil mihi dignitas Papa - / Nec valet majestas Rega - lis / Stultus et sapiens aequa - / Dives et pauper est morta - / Non juvat hic se excus - / NEc ad Apostoliea sedem apell - / Dona promitere aut don- / Seu clam se velle alien - are / PAcem non mecum est tract - / Nec dico quando quis vel qu - / OMNIA MIHI / SUBDITA
  • inscription: lower left, arrow tail: Preteritum
  • inscription: center, arrow tail near rib of skeleton: Presens
  • inscription: center right, arrow tail : Futurum

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Graf Faber-Castell. [Nicolaas Teeuwisse OHG, Berlin], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
Schwarz 1477

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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