The Expulsion of Herod: 4102

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Expulsion of Herod

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Maccari, Leopoldo

Entities

Drawing

Legal notes

From the University Purchase Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 540 mm
Width: 1013 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1875) by The Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate

School or Style

Italian
Sienese School

Materials used in production

Black ink
Black wash
Pinkish-brown wash
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and black ink over graphite, with black and pinkish-brown wash on lightly squared paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: IN REGIONE GAMALICA HERODES AB ARETA SOCERO SUPERATUR: QUIBUS / DAM AUTEM IUDÆORUM VIDEBATUR IDEO PERIISSE HERODIS EXERCITUM QUOD / IN EUM SATIS IUSTE INDIGNATIO DIVINA COMMOTA SIT PRO VINDICATA IOHANNIS / QUI VOCABATUR BAPTISTA . HUNC EN HERODES OCCIDIT VIRUM VALDE BONUM / QUI PRÆCIPIEBAT IUDÆIS VIRTUTI OPERAM DARE, IUSTITIAM COLERE, IN DEUM / SERVARE PIETATEM . ET PER BAPTISMUM IN UNUM COIRE . TUM DEMUM . ENIM / BAPYISMUM ACCEPTABILE FORE . SI NON SOLUM AD ABLUENDA PECCATA SUMA= / TUR VERUM ETIAM AD CASTIMONIAM CORPORIS . AD ANIMÆ IUSTITIAM PURIF= / ICATIONEMQ: SERVETUR OMNIUMQ: PARITER VIRTUTUM VELUT SIGNACULUM / ET CUSTODIA QUÆDAM FIDELIS HABEATUR . CUMQ: AB EO PRÆCEPTA HUIUS= / MODI DOCERENTUR ATQ: AD AUDIENDUM EUM QUAM PLURIM MULTITUDO / CONCURRERET VERITUS . HERODES NE FORTE DOCTRINÆ . EIUS PERSUASIONE / POPULI A SUO REGNO DISCEDERENT VIDEBAT ENI . QUOD PRECEPTIS EIUS AC / MONITIS PARATA ESSET PLEBS IN OMNIBUS OBEDIRE MELIUS CREDIDIT PRIUS QUAM / NOVI ALIQUID FIERET PERVENIRE HOMINEM NECE , QUAM POST MODUM TUEBATUS / REBUS SERAM POENITUDINEM GERERE . EX SOLA IGITUR SUSPICIONE HERODIS VINCTUS / IN CASTELLUM MACHÆRUNTA DUCITUR IOHANNES BAPTISTA IBIQUE OBTRUNCATUR / FLAVII JOSEPHI IUDEI ANTIQUITATES IUDAICÆ LIB:XVIII CAP . X
Location: On a tablet, above, centre left
Method of creation: Black ink

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 4102
Primary reference Number: 37576
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 19 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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