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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.103
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Johann Sadeler I, Netherlandish (1550 - 1600-8)
After Maarten van Cleve, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1527 - 1581)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Nathan Criticizing David for Uriah's Death
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of David and Bathsheba
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1579
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342411

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink with added transparent and opaque watercolor and metallic gold on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
plate: 19.6 x 28 cm (7 11/16 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 113
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Regi addest domini iussu propheta Nathanus. Monstrat adulterÿ, cedis et esse reum .2. Reg cap .i2.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Nathan le profete sous vne parabole reprend Dauid po l'adultere et meurtre commjs, luy predizant le mal / qui luy en auien droit. Dauid reconnojst et confesse son pecqés. 2 Samuel i2.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Paul Prouté, Paris, France, sold]; to Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 122

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton in memory of Robert Bradford Wheaton
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.613.103
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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