Harvard Art Museums > M13416: Giovanni Diodati 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"Giovanni Diodati (Wenceslaus Hollar) , M13416,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/256329. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M13416 People Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London) Title Giovanni Diodati Other Titles Series/Book Title: Pious Annotations upon the Holy Bible (by Giovanni Diodati, 1643) Alternate Title: The Reverend John Diodati Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1643 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/256329 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching printed in black ink onwhite antique laid paper Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 19.2 × 11.5 cm (7 9/16 × 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 21.1 × 14.1 cm (8 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T. Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline (Lugt 4707)]. inscription: in plate, top margin: THE PORTRAICTVRE, OF THE REVEREND, Mr. / Iohn DIODATI, Minister of Gods Word in Geneva / Ætatis. 66. Anno 1643. inscription: in plate, bottom margin: Reader looke well on DIODATI, more / Vppon the Golden worke he stands before, / Lest in the Sciptures Labyrinth thy minde / Should snare and lose it selfe, heer thou mayst finde / A Clue that will through each mysterious storie / Lead thee from earth vp to the throne of Glorie. / Wher thy well-guided soule shall once meet his / Whoe heer directs thee to eternall bliss. inscription: in plate, lower left corner of image: W: Hollar fecit 1643. collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: H [with a roman cross withing the upper half; Hugh Melville Howard (Lugt 1280b)] watermark: Strasbourg bend inscription: in plate, on book cover: La Sacra Bilbbia collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,416 inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: P 1388I / c 23206 / 1326 [in a circle] / e/o / P 1388I / 71 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/vi Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 543, Pennington 1388 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel Accession Year 1957 Object Number M13416 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. Publication History Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707 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
