2011.613.199: Elijah, Jonah, Obadiah
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.613.199
- People
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Unidentified Artist
After Jan Snellinck, Flemish (c. 1544 - 1638)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
- Title
- Elijah, Jonah, Obadiah
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Prophets of the Old Testament
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1579
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/342507
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: 21.2 x 27.6 cm (8 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: right margin, graphite: 209
- inscription: in plate, in sky near the figures' heads: ELİÆVS. / IONAS. / ABDIAS.
- inscription: in plate, lower margin, left, center, and right: SPİRİTVS İSTE DVPLEX AD = / DEST MİHİ MİSSVS AB ALTO / NOSTRA QVOD ASSYRİO DEX = / TRA TULİSSET OPEM // FLVCTİBVS İMMERSV QVĒ CEPİT İN ÆQVORE PİSCIS / HVNC LVX MOX VİTÆ / TERTİA RESTİTVİT // SOLABAS CHRİSTİ BABŸLO= / NİS CARCARE CLAVSOS / PANİBVS ET POTV HİS / SÆPE MİNİSTER ERAM
- inscription: upper margin, left and center running to right edge, with last line beginning at left edge, brown ink: DElysée est parlé au 2. des Roys. / de Niuiue annoce le salut aux gentilz. St. Hierosme. // IONAS profetizoit en Juda. En luy / nous est figuré Jesus C. mort et resuscité et aprés sa resurrection publiane son Euangile. Natif de Geth et y enterré.
- inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: ABDİAS (c. seruiteur de Dieu) tonne fort contre Esau ou Edom Homme sanguin et terrestre et toujours enuiaux sur son frere Jacob et le frappe de lance spirituelle. St. Hierosme. / Per Edom ou Esau sont ensenduz les Caldeens persecutans le peuple de Dieu. Abdias fut natif de Sichems au territoyre de Betthaccarons. Cest luy qui sous Achab Roy de Samanjr / sauua et nourrit de ses moyens les cent profets qui n'auoient voulu ft honneur á Baal. ayant de laissé le seruice du Roy Ozias fut disciple d'Elia et profettira. / mourut de sa mort naturelle. Profetize la deliurance et conseruaont de l'Eglize par Jesus C. et signe d'Iie luy j.
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) 232
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
- 2011.613.199
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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