2008.113.3: The Oath of Allegiance to the States General, 2 VIII 1577

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2008.113.3

People

Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)

Title

The Oath of Allegiance to the States General, 2 VIII 1577

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Conquest of the Citadel of Antwerp in August 1577

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1578-1579

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/327684

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 27.4 x 21.4 cm (10 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: upper center of border of circular motif:  3
• inscription: engraved at upper edge of image, left and right of center: veritas. / concordia.
• inscription: engraved under principal figures in center image, left, center, and right: Bourse. / Rouck. / Siedekercke.
• inscription: engraved on cartouche, six-line poem, left French, right Dutch: Apres que de. Bourse...endvoitctz, / Doen mi. Mons'...was der t'fondament,
• inscription: verso, on mounting residue, black ink: 4

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

only state

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 1927, Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1658, Alvin 1461, Hollstein 1927

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

2008

Object Number

2008.113.3

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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