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The Virgin and Child Holding a Cross, Venerated by a Saint (Francis?) and a Follower (from a series of the Virgin Venerated by Saints)
Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 9.1 x 5.9 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 9.6 x 6.1 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 9.6 x 6.1 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6843
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 470; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 812 (I)
Signed
lower left to lower right, in box below image: Hieronymus Wierx inuen. et excud. Cum Gratia Priuilegio. Piermans
Marks
verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6843; in graphite: 470
Inscriptionsin plate, in box below image, left: O gloriosa Domina,/Excelsa super sidera,; right: Qui te creauit prouidè/Lactasta sacro vbere.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897