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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.290
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 Adoration of the Shepherds; Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scenes from the Birth and Passion of Christ
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
late 1580s
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342598

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.)
left: 20.7 x 13 cm (8 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
right: 19.3 x 12 cm (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 302
  • inscription: in left and right plates, lower left corner of design area: 1 / 2
  • inscription: in left plate, lower margin: Hæc nox / illa exopta: / tissima, bo: / ni omnis exordium // En pueruntq simul nunc virgine natum / Gosta deo similem, pectora terrigonis, / Mortales visus nobis qui indutus et artus: / Hic sit principium, qui quoque finis erit. // ex qua secuta / Mundi salus / in Crucis lig: / no consum: / mata.
  • inscription: in right plate, lower margin: Natus in hoc, mundi devictis morte tyrannis, / Vt sibi perpetuum, conderet Imperium; / Jam conflicturus, Solymis it Christus asello / Vectus regiq est obvia turba suo.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, below left and right plates, brown ink: La Viege enfante Jesus, son filz premier-né, in Bethleem, / òu les pasteurs suiuant l'aduertissiment de l'ange le / viennent adorer et reconnoistre. // Jesus Christ vint en jerusalem, monté sur vne asnessè, et vne infinie / multitude luy vient au deuant, dont les vns estendent leurs vestemenz / par le chemin, les aūes des rameaux d'arbres deuans luy.
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite: Vos 437
  • watermark: [illegible]

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) 402, 403; New Hollstein (de Vos) 437.I, 438

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
2011.613.290
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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