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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26198
People
Claes Jansz. Visscher, Dutch (Amsterdam 1587 - 1652 Amsterdam)
Title
Execution of the Conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1606
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/55748

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 23.4 x 33.8 cm (9 3/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: N. de Visscher fecit
  • legend: top center, printer's ink, engraved, Latin: Winged figures labeled Iustitia and Fama hold a cartouche identifying the scene as the execution by drawing, quartering, and hanging of the conspiritors in the Gunpowder Plot, 30 and 31 January 1606.
  • inscription: lower left of ground area, printer's ink, engraving, signed: signature: N. de Visscher fecit

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
H. 17, S. 218

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M26198
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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