2011.613.135: Darius I
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.135
- People
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Unidentified Artist
After Ambrosius Francken (1544 - 1618)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
- Title
- Darius I
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: The Kings of Persia
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- before 1579
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342443
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
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sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
plate: 25.5 x 19.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 145
- inscription: in plate, upper edge, interrupted by the figure's head and sword: Da[sword]rius filius Hystaspis persa[head]rum tertius ex eqià hinnitu in fastigium / regni [sword] euectus, ūq summa cum laude [head] postea administrauit hic Babilonem Vrbem / detract[sword]antē impernī perfarū post lon[head]gā obsidioē recuperauit. Vixit aös .63. jus. li. 1.
- inscription: in plate, above lower edge to left of center: 3
- inscription: right sheet margin (beneath plate in correct orientation): DARIVS fliz de Hystasges elue Roy par la ruze de son escuyer et reconnu par tous les aultres / Princes suyuant l'accord fait par entr'eux en fauoir de celuy dont le cheual Hennirois[?] le premier auparaunt / le soleil levé. Il eut à femme la fille de Cyrus par le moyen de Zopyrus son feal amy. Regnit Babylone / priz par les Assyriens, fit la guerre aux Scythes, puis aux grecs qui le desfirent. Vescut 63. ans.
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
- ii/ii
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein (de Jode) 157
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
- 2011.613.135
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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