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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.246
People
Hans Collaert the Elder, Netherlandish (1525/30 - 1580)
After Ambrosius Francken (1544 - 1618)
Published by Pieter de Jode, the Elder, Flemish (1570 - 1634)
Title
The Parable of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Twelve Parables of the New Testament
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
before 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342554

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: 21.5 x 28.1 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 256
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Defosso similis Thesauro est gloria cœli Et margaritam conquirenti pretiosam Math. .13.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Le Royaume des cieux est semblable à vn tresor caché lequel vn homme ayant trouué vend tout ce qu'il a et achette le champ où il l'a trouué. Il est aussy semblable / à vn Marchand lequel cerche de bonnes perles et en ayant trouué vne belle entre autres vent tout cequ'il a et l'achette.

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) 283

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
2011.613.246
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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