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Deposition from the Cross (illustration cut out of the book Humanae salutis monumenta, by Benidictus Arias Montanus, published by Chrisophe Plantin, Antwerp)

Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
After: Pieter van der Borcht (Netherlandish, 1545–1608)
Published by: Christophe Plantin (French (active in Netherlands), 1514–1589)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 11.8 x 7.4 cm (4 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK4751
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Alvin 1631; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 2210A
Signed Signed in plate, in grass, left of lower center: IHW; inscribed on rock, lower right: PB
Marks Verso, collector's stamp in light purple: R. KOEHLER [Lugt ?]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 4751
InscriptionsVerso: [letterpress text from the book Humanae salutis monumenta, published by Christophe Plantin]
ProvenanceSylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900), Boston; his gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 20, 1898)