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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.297
People
Anton Wierix II, Flemish (c. 1555/1559 - 1604)
Previously attributed to Pieter de Jode, the Elder, Flemish (1570 - 1634)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
Pilate Washing His Hands; Christ Carrying the Cross
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
after 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342605

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: 20.9 x 12.7 cm (8 1/4 x 5 in.)
right: 20 x 12.4 cm (7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 309
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, in lower right corner and lower left corner of design area: with Bible chapter and verse15 /16
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: Instabat magnis damoribus ante tribunal / Figendumq cruci perfida turba petit. / Queîs victus tendem Præses seq abluit unda, / Heu vitæ Dominum adiudicatq neci. // Ecce suis humeris ingenti pondere lignum / Gestat et immerita morte necandus abit. / Obvia facta suo genitrix mæstissima nato / Candidula plangit pectora casta manu.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, left and right: A l'importunité des juifz pilate liure Jesus pour estre crucifié, / et se lave les mains, voulant monstrer qu'il n'estoit couplable / de la mort de Jesus Christ qu'il reconnoissoit juste. // Jesus Christ est mené de Jerusalem pour aller au mont de Caluaire, / portant sa Croix sur laquelle il devoit mourir. or les juifs le / conduisant feirent rencontre d'vn homme Cyrenien nommé Symon / et le contraignirent d'ayder a Jesus a porter sa Croix dautant qu'il / estoit fort lassé.
  • watermark: Gothic P

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) 416, 417; New Hollstein (de Vos) 451.I, 452.I

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
2011.613.297
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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