2011.613.240: The Servant of the Five Talents Trading
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.240
- People
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Harmen Jansz. Müller, Dutch (c. 1540 - 1617)
After Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Published by Pieter de Jode, the Elder, Flemish (1570 - 1634)
- Title
- The Servant of the Five Talents Trading
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: The Parable of the Talents
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1567-70
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342548
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
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sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
plate: 20.3 x 28.7 cm (8 x 11 5/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 250
- inscription: in plate, foreground, lower right: 2
- inscription: in plate, lower margin: Abiens autem qui quinq talenta accepterat et negotiatus lucrifecit alia quniq Similiter et qui duo acceperat alia duo lucrifecit
- inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Celuy qui auoit receu cinq talens s'en va et traffique tellement qu'il en gaigne cinq / autres. Semblablement ce luy qui en auoir receu deux en gagne aussy deux aūes.
- inscription: in plate, center, as if a merchant's mark on a bundle: [cross] / HAML[monogram]
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) 277; New Hollstein 50.II
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
- 2011.613.240
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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