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Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil (Mistress of Henry IV, King of France; 1579-1633)
Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
September, 1600
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 34.8 x 25.2 cm (13 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 37.7 x 27.1 cm (14 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 37.7 x 27.1 cm (14 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6984
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 1860; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1772 (V)
Signed
lower left: Hieronymus/Wierx Sculp./in Sepembri/Anno 1600.
Marks
watermark [undeciphered]; verso, collector's mark in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6984
Inscriptionsin plate, lower right: Auec priuil du Roy./Harman Adolfz/excudebat/Haerlemensis.; lower center below portrait: Tout le beau des beautez des empyricques dieux/tout l'honorable port toute la grace exquize/Des'Aultres deitez, sont icy, comme es Cieux/Dans l'admirable esprit de cette alme marquize
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897