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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.220
People
Anton Wierix II, Flemish (c. 1555/1559 - 1604)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
The Baptism of Christ
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist and Christ
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
before 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342528

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: 17.6 x 27.2 cm (6 15/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 230
  • inscription: in plate, above the dove: [tetragram]
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, in four sections, left to right: Perfundit fluuis pastus Babtista locustis, / Siuarumque fauis et amictus Veste cameli. // Antho: Wierix fecit // Tinxerat et Christum sed spiritus æthere missus / Testatur tinctum qui tinctis crimina donat // M. de Vos inuen. / G. de Jode excu.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Soubx l'an Quinziesme de l'empire de Tibere Cæsar Sct. Jean commance à predeger le Baptisme de penitence par toute la contrée du Jordain; aux enseignements est / Remmonstrances duquel Vne grande multitude de peuple se fait baptiser. Jesus vint pareillement à luy pô estre baptisé, est pendant qu'Il se baptise le Sct. eSprit / descend sur luy y forme de Colombe est fut entendue la voix du Pere disant. Tu és mon filz bien-aymé auquel J'ay pris mon bon plaisir.

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) 256; Hollstein 144

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
2011.613.220
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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