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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.154
People
Unidentified Artist
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Esdras Drinking the Cup of Knowledge and Wisdom
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of Esdras
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1582-85
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342462

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: 20.2 x 28.5 cm (7 15/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 164
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Apparet Esdræ dominus in nube præcipitq quid ab illo cum quinque viris fieri velit. 4. Esd. Cap. 14.
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area toward right : 4
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Une voix appelle Esdras et luy commande ouvrir la bouche, Un vaisseau luy est pñté, plein comme d'eau mais couleur de feu. / Il prie aussy ces 5 hommes (selon qu'Il luy etoit commandé) pour escrire les merueilles de ses visions. 4. Esdras 14. 24. - 42

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/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 176; New Hollstein (de Vos) 165.I

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
2011.613.154
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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