2011.613.16: The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.16
- People
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Adriaen Collaert, Flemish (c. 1560 - 1618)
After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
- Title
- The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: The Story of Abraham
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1584
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342324
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
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sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
plate: 20 x 25.7 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 20
- inscription: on plate, lower right of design area: 2
- inscription: in plate, lower margin: Redeuntem Abrm cum spolÿs Elemintarum pane vinoque excipit Melchisedech sacerdos summus eique ob partam victoriā benedicit. Gene 18.
- inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Melchisedech aussy Roy de Salem apporta pain & vin. Il ofroit sacrificanteur de Dieu souuerain. Et le bénit dizane, / Bény soit Abram par le treshault Dieu seigneur du ciel & de la terre. Et Abram luy donna decimes de touttes choses. Gen. 14. 19. e 20..
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) 27; Hollstein 63.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
- 2011.613.16
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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