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Virgin and Child Holding a Book
Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 8.1 x 5.6 cm (3 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 9.4 x 6.6 cm (3 11/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 9.4 x 6.6 cm (3 11/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6848
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 537; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 797 (a)
Signed
in box below image: Hieronymus Wierx fecit et excud.
Marks
verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6848
Inscriptionsin plate, in box below image: Ave gratia plena, Dominus tecum .
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897