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Cain at His Forge (from the Genesis series, no. 17)
Jan Wierix (Flemish, about 1549–after 1615)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 4.4 x 6.6 cm (1 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 4.6 x 6.9 cm (1 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 4.6 x 6.9 cm (1 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6786
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 074; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 17 (II)
Signed
not signed
Marks
verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6786
Inscriptionsin plate, within image, upper right: 17; below image: Tubalcain fuit malleator et faber in/omnia opera aeris et ferri.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897