Isaac and Esau | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 15.1999
People: Jan Joris van Vliet, Dutch (c. 1610 - 1670)
After Jan Lievens, Dutch (Leiden, Netherlands 1607 - 1674 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title: Isaac and Esau
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1634
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/193460

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 46.7 x 38.6 cm (18 3/8 x 15 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in plate, lower center, etched, signed, in artist's hand: J. Lieuius. inv. / JG.v.vliet fecit
watermark: upper and lower center of sheet: 4HP with R countermark, see Schuckman, Christiaan, Martin Royalton-Kisch, and Erik Hinterding, " Rembrandt & Van Vliet : a collaboration on copper" (Amsterdam : Museum het Rembrandthuis, 1996), watermark 4HP variant A.a.b, where it is suggested that the paper was in use by van Vliet 1633-1635. Other impression with this mark: Amsterdam, Leiden.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Heneage Finch, 5th earl of Aylesford (L. 58), Collector.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i/iv
Standard Reference Number: H., B. 2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of James A. Bergquist
Object Number: 15.1999
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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