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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.329
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 Augustine
Other Titles
Former Title: Saint Augustus
Series/Book Title: The Four Fathers of the Church
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1585
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342637

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, deeply creased, and horizonally reinforced at the back through the midpoint with a wide strip of paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 27 × 36.4 cm (10 5/8 × 14 5/16 in.)
plate: 20.6 × 24.1 cm (8 1/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 341
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, at left, center, and right: Marti. de Vos inuen. / Anto. Wirinx sculpsit / Gerar. de Iode excu.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: AGVSTINVS Ambrosio ante alios ob ingenÿ candore natureq. doctrinā quam po= / tissimus. Hippoen in Africa Episcopus. Propugnator contra Manicheos Christiane fidei / fidelis: patre longe prudentissimo natus. Monica eiusdeinq. genitricis nomen. Is cumiu= / uenis secularibus studÿs recte instructus. artesq. liberales multum edoctus: aniuum re= / licto ethicorum errore ad Manicheorum sectam appulit: nouemq. huic annis prefuit. // Romam clam tandē itineri se versus comisit: & vsq. Mediolanum deinde pro= / fectus. artist Retorices gratia. sentiebat id mater, repente subsequitur. Ibidem / genetricis oratione, et Ambrosy chatachesi, agitatus: vna cum filio se babtisare / fecit. Canticū TE DEV LAVDAMUS efficiebantq. annos 30 dum natus esset / Romam pergit post hæc versus: dein cū matre Africā inibiq in Epsm sacratus.
  • inscription: in plate, on book at left that Augusine reads, on open book at right, and on manuscript that hangs from the table: Sempriss ca= / dit ius= / tus // In patre potē= / tia cuncta de= / notatur, Filio / prudentia om= / nis declarat / Gloria para= / clete vniuer= / sa datur. / Qui cum patre / natoq conglori= / ficatur.. / Trinitatem cre / dimus, summum / genitorem, sanc / tum eius filiū: / nostrū redēptor. / Sanctūq paracle= // Deus est en / substantia / patris āte / secula geni.

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

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 391; Hollstein (de Vos) 911

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
2011.613.329
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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