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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.158
People
Hieronymus Wierix, Netherlandish (c. 1553 - 1619)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Pieter Baltens
Title
The Third Era: The Law of Grace of the New Testament
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Three Laws Governing the Three Ages of the World
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/316027

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 22.7 x 27.8 cm (8 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
sheet: 25.4 x 32.9 cm (10 x 12 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper center, black ink: No. 10.
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: M.D. VOS . IN / Iheronimus W. fe:
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: 3.
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: V. / W. haecht / compo.
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: 3. ÆTAS.
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: P. Baltens excu.
  • inscription: in plate, under image: [left:] Maer de Genade, die nu altijt open. staet. / Sonder vulek vuij sondraen, niet vermeughen, / Gheeft ons dat ryck Godts, anders vuaer ons hopen. quaet / Deur tigheloof in Cristo, dit doet ons siel verheughen, [center:] Orta Deo summo postremo est Gratia, Cristi / Sanguine , cui celum domus ets, cui sijdera parent. / Qui Lux succedens nocturmis alma tenebris, / Vna PAtrius Proles æterni, et victima mundo est, [right:] En fin du Souuerein nous est grace nenue, / Par le sang de Iesus, auquel dessus la mle / O Beissent Soleil, Lune et astres ahutains / Qui hostie est par soy salutaire aux humains

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2006

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii
Standard Reference Number
H. 1151 (from Maerten de Vos H. 1149-1151)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.158
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The Law of Grace of the New Testament (3 of 3)

Publication History

  • Walter Melion and James Clifton, Through a Glass, Darkly: Allegory and Faith in Netherlandish Prints from Lucas van Leyden to Rembrandt, exh. cat., ed. Cynthia Blakeley, Michael C. Carlos Museum of Art (Atlanta, 2019), cat. no. 4, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Through a Glass, Darkly: Allegory and Faith in Netherlandish Prints from Lucas van Leyden to Rembrandt, Michael C. Carlos Museum of Art, Atlanta, 08/31/2019 - 12/01/2019

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