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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.180
People
Unidentified Artist
After Jan Snellinck, Flemish (c. 1544 - 1638)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Rehoboam, Abijam, Asa
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Rehoboam, Abijam and Asa
Alternate Title: Saul, David, Salomon
Series/Book Title: The Kings of Judah
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1579
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342488

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: 22 x 28.5 cm (8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 190
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin below each figure, left, center, and right: Imperauit annos .17. Vitulos erexit aureos / et eum parere nollet mairoū cōsilys sequuta / est regni mutatio // Filius Roboam regnauit tres annos in Iuda / Vicit magno prælio exercitum Iereboam. // Regnauit annos .14. deleuit Idola etiam / sue matris impios cultus sustulit Vicit Æthiopes.
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, center: 2
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, below each figure, left, center, right: Roboam filz de Salomon regna 17 ans / eregea des veaux d'or n'ayant voulu s'uque / le conseyl des anciens l'estat de son Royaume / fut changé. // Abya filz de Roboam regna 3. ans en / Juda; deffit Jeroboam en vne grand bataille / 2. chron. 3. 18. // Aza Roy fidele et craignant Dieu regna i4. ans / Destruizit les Jdoles. Defaitt les Æthiopiens / 2. Chron. İ4.İ3.,
  • watermark: Gothic P and illegible countermark
  • inscription: in plate, above figures, left, center, and right: ROBOAM / ABYA / ASA

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/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 208

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
2011.613.180
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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