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Saint Francis Xavier
Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 11.2 x 7.6 cm (4 7/16 x 3 in.)
Sheet: 12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6995
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 1907; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1810 (I)
Signed
lower center: Hieronymus Wierx fecit et excud.
Marks
no watermark; verso, in graphite: j54; collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp in purple with accession number in ink: 6995
Inscriptionsin plate, in top margin: P. FRANCISCVS XAVERIVS SOC.; IESV.; above saint: HIC PRIMVS EX SOC.IESV FIDEM IN INDIAM INVEXIT.; in bottom margin: Non sunt condignae passiones huius temporis/ad futuram gloriam quaæ reuelabitur in nobis.; from the rays: Satis est Domine, satis est.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897