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Philip II, King of Spain (1527-1598)
Anton Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 8.2 x 6 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 12.6 x 9.8 cm (4 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 12.6 x 9.8 cm (4 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7015
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 2007; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1894 a
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: Anton. Wierx fecit et excud.
Marks
No watermark; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp in purple with accession number in ink: 7015; in graphtie: [?]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, below portrait: D. PHILIPPVS II. CATHOLICVS, D.G.HIS=/PANIARVM, INDIARVM, ETC. REX, DVX/BRABANT. COMES FLANDRIÆ, ETC.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.