M26623: The Fortune-Teller

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M26623

People

Andries Jacobsz Stock, Dutch (Antwerp c. 1580 - after 1648 The Hague)
Designed by Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch (Antwerp, Netherlands 1565 - 1629 The Hague, Netherlands)
Published by Nicolaes de Clerck (c. 1599 - 1623)

Title

The Fortune-Teller

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1608

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/31588

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 30.5 x 20.4 cm (12 x 8 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: IDG in. N. de Clerk ex.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/iii

Standard Reference Number

H. VII (as de Gheyn), 105

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

M26623

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

Description

The engraving is mounted in a sheet torn from an album. In the lower right corner, the page number "172" is inscribed in brown ink.

Publication History

• Emily J. Peters, ed., The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Providence, RI, 2009), cat. no. 56 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]
• I. Schrier, "Nicolaes de Clerck, Boeckvercooper ende constdrucker: Boek en prent bij de Delftse uitgever Nicolaes de Clerck (ca. 1599-1623), Ph.D. diss. University of Amsterdam" (2019), p. 327, repr.

Verification Level