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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.182
People
Unidentified Artist
After Jan Snellinck, Flemish (c. 1544 - 1638)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Joash, Amaziah, Uzziah
Other Titles
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/342490

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: 21.6 x 28.2 cm (8 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 192
  • inscription: lower edge of design area, center: 4
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left, center, and right: Fuit initio puis et fœlix donec Vixit Ioadas / sūmus sacerdos, post eius morte idola coluit, et / interfectus a seruis suis // Rex fuit ān: 29. initio pius, Vicit Idumæos / postea coluit idola et moto bello nō necessario / Victus est. // Regn añ. 52. Vicit philistæos, postea infectus / est lepra cum Ve ellet fungi offitio sacerdotis
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, left center, and right, brown ink: Joas son filz fut au commencemt craignant Dieu / et prostera tanc que vescut Jojada sacrificateur / apres la mort du quel Il seruit aux Jdoles et fut / tué par ses seruiteurs.,. // Amasia son filz regna regna 29. ans. Vaineuit / les Jduméens dont neamtmoins Il adore les Idoles. / Pour ce repris de Dieu est liuré entre les mains du / Joas Roy d'jsrael et mis à mort 2 Roys. 14. chron.26.23. // Azarias son filz regna 52. ans. deffit les Philistins / Voulant fe loffice de grand Prestre fut frappir du / lepre et diuiam son regne fut regent son filz Joatham.
  • inscription: in plate, above figures, left, center, and right: Ioas / Amasia / Azarias

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) 211

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
2011.613.182
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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