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Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur (1558-1602)
Anton Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8.1 x 6 cm (3 3/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7007
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 1980; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1874
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: Anto. Wierx fecit et excudit.
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp in purple with accession number in ink: 7007; in graphite: 1980
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, below image: PHILIPPVS EMMANVEL EX LOTHARINGIS,/DVX MERCVURIVS, &c, PAR FRANCIÆ, S.R.I./PRINCEPS &c., GVBERNATOR BRITANNIÆ.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.