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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.318
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
Saint Simon; Saint Jude Thaddeus
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Christ, the Apostles, and Saint Paul, with the Creed
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
before 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342626

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: 20.1 x 14.4 cm (7 15/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
right: 19.9 x 13.9 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 330
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, upper edge, on left at right, on right at left: S. SIMON / S. IVDAS THADÆVS
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, lower edge of design area: 11 / 12
  • inscription: in plate, left and right, lower margin: SANCTORVM COMMVNIONEM REMISSIONEM PECCATORVM. / SIMON filz de Cleopha apostle de nre Siegneur ayant obtenu par sort l'Egypte s'y / achemine, extermine ceux qui adoroyent les faux dieux, presche syncerent leuangile / prend le soing et gouuernement de l'eglise hyerosolimitaine, finalemente estant vieil / jl obtient la Couronne de martyre. // Sct. Jude surnommé Thadeus frere de Sct. Jacques mineur apostle de nre Seigneur / apres la descente du Sct. esprit s'achemine en Mesopotamje et en Pont pō euangeliser; / de la s'en vient auec Simon en Edissa pour guerir le Roy Abagarus de la lepre; / et l'ayant laissé sain et dispos et pris congé de luy, il est auec Simon assommé / a coups de baston.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, leftand right, brown ink: Simon filz de Cleopha apostle de nre. Seigneur ayant obtenu par sort l’Egipte s’y achemine, extermine ceux qui adoroyent les faux dieux, presche syncerem ?[struck through] l’euangile, / prend le soing et gouuernement de l’eglise gycvosolimitaine, finalement estant vieil / ij obtent la Couronne de martyre. // Sct. Jude surnommé Thadeas frere de Sct. Jacques le mineur apostle de nre Seigneur / apres la descente du Sct. esprit s’achemine en Mesopotamje et en Pont põ Euangeliser; / de la s’en vient auec Simeon en Edissa pour guerir le Roy Abagarus de la lepre; / et ayant laisse sain et dispos et pris congé de luy, il est auec Simeon assommé / a coups de baston.

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/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 490, 491; Hollstein 1150.II, 1151.II

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
2011.613.318
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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