M25961: The Way of Christ

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M25961

People

Workshop of Philips Galle, Netherlandish (Haarlem 1537 - 1612 Antwerp)
After Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)

Title

The Way of Christ

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Cultura Christi
Series/Book Title: The Four Ways of Living on Earth, 4

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1573

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/54947

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 21.4 x 25.7 cm (8 7/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto, above design frame at center, ink, handwritten: fo. [?] 77e. [likely for 77th folio]
• watermark: right edge of design frame, at the middle, paper, pressed paper: 'B' in shield surmounted by a cross; countermark with horseman in a shield: most similar to Briquet, vol. III, nos. 8068-807, ascribed to Bruges, Amsterdam, and Brussels as well as about ten other European cities, c. 1560-80.
• inscription: recto, below design frame, printer's ink, engraved, Latin: Cultura Christi / 4 / Tutius at nihil est, bene quam munita tenere / Aedita doctrina Diuorum, reddere iustum est / Peccatis veniam poscent, hec una salutis / st via, linque malum, et virtutem amplectere felix.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

N.H. (Groeningen, pt. 1) 153

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton in honor of Mrs. Arthur K. Solomon

Accession Year

2004

Object Number

M25961

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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