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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.275
People
Lucas van Doetecum, Netherlandish (Deventer active 1554 - 1579/89 ?)
Joannes van Doetecum, Netherlandish (Deventer 1528/32 - 1605 Haarlem)
After Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
The Widow's Mite
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Events in and around the Temple
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1572
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342583

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving and etching 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: 20.2 x 28.8 cm (7 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 287
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: 7
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: AMEN DICO VOBIS QVONIAM VIDVA HÆ PAVPER PLVS OMNIBVS MISIT QVI MISERVNT IN GAZOPHYLACIV / Marc. 12.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ik: Je vous dy en veciré que cette pauure veufue a plus mis au trone, que tous ceux qui y ont mis: Car tous y ont mis de ce que ilz auoyent d'abondant, Mais cette cy / y a mis de sa pauureté tous ce qu'elle auoit, voire toute sa substance.

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/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 318; New Hollstein (Doetecum) 623

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
2011.613.275
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2500 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/23/2023 - 02/26/2024

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