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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.291
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 Last Supper; Christ Washing Peter's Feet
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/342599

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: 20.3 x 13.2 cm (8 x 5 3/16 in.)
right: 20.2 x 12.7 cm (7 15/16 x 5 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 303
  • inscription: in left plate, lower right of design area; in right plate, lower left of design area: 3 / 4
  • inscription: in plate, left and right plates, lower margin: Audijt ve tristem Zebedæi filius vnus: / Ille refert lacrÿmis pectus ad vsq, fluens. / Quis te nostra salus, quis te roga prodet Iesus: / Dicito discipulis, hoc bono Christe tuis. // Et humilē multisq modis mantilèq cinctū / Christū discipulis qui lauer ecce pedes. / Sic vos morrales docuit humilesq bonosq / Esse, sed in terris regula nulla manet.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, below left and right plate, brown ink: Jesus Christ celebre la pasque auec ses disciples où il leur descouure comme son / heure estoit proche; et comme il devoit estre vendu par vn de ses disciples; Ceque entendant / sct. iean filz de Zebedee tumba tout pasmé sur l'estomach de Jesus. // Jesus Christ ayant quitté ses plus longs vestemenz se ceint d'ont seruiette / et laue les pieds de ses Apostles l'on apres l'aut commençant / a Sct. Pierre.

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
NH 405: i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 404, 405; New Hollstein (de Vos) 439, 440

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
2011.613.291
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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