Harvard Art Museums > 11.1999: The Seventh Plague of Egypt Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Seventh Plague of Egypt (Pierre Woeiriot) , 11.1999,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/194062. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 11.1999 People Pierre Woeiriot, French (Neufchâteau, Vosges, France 1532 - 1599 Damblain, Haute-Marne, France) Title The Seventh Plague of Egypt Other Titles Series/Book Title: Illustrations to the Old Testament Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1580 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/194062 Physical Descriptions Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 19.2 x 21.9 cm (7 9/16 x 8 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lower right, design area, engraved, monogram, in artist's hand: superimposed PWB surmounted by the cross of Lorraine inscription: lower margin, engraved, Latin and French: Et maculis scabies pertentat corpora pullis, / Et Deus AEgyptum pluviis contristat obortis: / Morte cadunt pecudes & circumfusa pruinis / Corpora magna bovin vix summis cornibus adstant. / Exod Cap 9 // Dieu fashe marqueta les hommes dune rongne / Et tout en un moment dessit les animaus / Dont l'aegypte sentit sur son dos la charongne / Puante infectement de ses pauvres trouppeaus. / Exod. chap. 9 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number R-D XI, 25 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan Object Number 11.1999 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary The standard catalogue lists this as the Seventh Plague, but the image seems to conflate two of the Plagues of Egypt that are described in Exodus 9. 9:3: Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep... 9:6: And the Lord did that thing on the morrow... 9:22: And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast... 9:23: And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along the ground... 9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast.. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
