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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R911NA
People
Hieronymus Wierix, Netherlandish (c. 1553 - 1619)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Title
Charity
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Four Enemies of the Just and the Theological Virtues
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Circa 1580
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/250737

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 29.3 × 33.1 cm (11 9/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 30.6 × 34.5 cm (12 1/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, top (two columns, two lines each, Latin and Dutch): COELICA DONA FIDES, SPES, ET DILECTIO VERA... DEN BANT DER VOLCOMENTHZ DIE SY BEDECKT.
  • inscription: in plate, bottom (four columns, eight lines each, Latin and Dutch): Quondam magna fuit Virtus... Daer aen salmen sien dat ghij Gods kinderen zijt.
  • inscription: in plate, on stone, l.r.: M.D.V. IN./ Aux. 4. vents

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iv
Standard Reference Number
M.H. 1390; A. 1393

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R911NA
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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