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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.300
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
Christ in Limbo; The Resurrection
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/342608

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: 20.4 x 12.7 cm (8 1/16 x 5 in.)
right: 20.7 x 12.9 cm (8 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 312.
  • inscription: in plate, left, at lower edge of design area, toward left: 21
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, lower margin: Sic ritè humanæ solvit sub imagine formæ / Cuncta Patri, vt fugeret nec crucis ipse necem. / Infernas igitur descendit voctor as vnbras, / Captivosque patres eripit, atq beat. // Tertia puniceo iam surgebat Eoo: / Et reparrat victor splendida membra sibi. / Sic surgens voteris delet contagia noxor, / Astra petit Christus coelicolumq domos.
  • inscription: in plate, right, upper right corner of lower margin: 22
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, left and right, brown ink: Jesus descend aux Enfers et deliure les peres et patriarches qui estoyent / Captifz. // Jesus Christ ressuscite le troisiesme jour apres sa mort. les troys Maries / vont pour l'enbaumer mais elles trouuent l'ange assis sur la pierre du / monument qui leur dit que Jesus n'y estoit plus et qu'jl estoit ressuscité.
  • 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
right plate: i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 422, 423; New Hollsetin (de Vos) 457.I, 458.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
2011.613.300
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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