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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.140
People
Unidentified Artist
After Ambrosius Francken (1544 - 1618)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Artaxerxes III
Other Titles
Former Title: Artaxerxes IV
Series/Book Title: The Kings of Persia
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
before 1579
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342448

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: 25.4 x 19.6 cm (10 x 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 150
  • inscription: in plate, upper edge, interrupted by swoard and crown: Ochus octauus rex fuit filius Artaxerxes, humani sanguuis sitientissimus preter[sword] quam enim / quod magnam tyrannidem exercuit, etiam proprios fratres interfectus Vrbem Sydoniam [sword] deleint et Ægyp: / tum recepit. Tandem a suo prefecto quodā [crown] interfectus regnauit .26. [sword] x nepho.
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge, toward right: 8
  • inscription: right sheet margin, below plate in correct orientation, brown ink: OHVS filz D'ARTAXERXES regna 26. ans. Cruel Tyran et qui fit mourir ses freres. Raza / la ville de Sidon en Phoenicje. reconquit l'aegipte. fut tué par vn sien Lieutenant.

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) 162

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
2011.613.140
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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