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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1005NA
People
Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
The Council of Ahithophel and Hushai With Absalom
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Absalom seeking counsel
Series/Book Title: Life of Absalom
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1585
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/250450

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: hand of John Witt Randall, graphite, in lower sheet margin, left, center, and right: M de Vos / Absalom no 3 / Jan Wierix
  • inscription: engraved in lower right foreground of image: 3
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:


















    JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 1005NA [number on a
    dotted line] [Lugt 2130]





State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 43, Mauquoy-Hendrickx 33; Alvin 101

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1005NA
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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