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Identification and Creation
Object Number
M26610
People
Adriaen Collaert, Flemish (c. 1560 - 1618)
Hans Bol, Netherlandish (Mechelen, Belgium 1534 - 1593 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Titlepage
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scenes from the Life of Christ (Emblemata Evangelica), 13 plates
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1585
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/4621
Physical Descriptions
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 15 x 20.5 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
sheet: 25.5 x 33.2 cm (10 1/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, center: EMBLEMATA EVANGELICA/ AD XII SIGNA COELESTIA SIVE/ totidem ani menses accommodata:/ QVIBVS CHRISTVS HOMINES, QVI ASTRIS,/ ad distinguenda tantum tempora initio a Deo (ut est Gen.I)/ conditis, idololatricum cultum prestiterant: per has ipsas/ creaturas ad unius omnium Creatoris cultum/ reuocat, & regnuin celeste mystice/ ob oculos ponit.
  • inscription: in plate, bottom: Sadeler Excudebat
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: JRV [Lugt 4450, mark of Jan Reinier Voûte]
Provenance
Jan Reinier Voûte (Lugt 4450), Amsterdam. Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2005
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
State
only state
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein II.5.225
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26610
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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