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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.221
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
John the Baptist Preaching
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
1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342529

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: 20.5 x 29.2 cm (8 1/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 231
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area to right: M de Vos inuentor G de Jode
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Voc ego sum clamans loca per deserta parate Venturo gressum domino cursumque viarum. Joha. .1.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Peu de temps apres que Sct. Jean eut commancé a predeger et euangeliser le bruit de sa doctrine et de sa Scte. vie courut par tout, parquoy les Juifz enuoyerent à luy quelques jobres & Leuites / pô scauoir Quj il estoit auquolx il respond: Je suis la voix qui Crie aux desertz. Preparés la voye a vie Dieu et Seigneur.

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/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 255; Hollstein 270.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
2011.613.221
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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