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Porta Augusta
Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8.6 x 5.6 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6947
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 1229; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1478
Signed
below image, lower left to lower right: Hieronymus Wierx fecit et excud. Cum Gratia et Priuilegio Buschere.
Marks
verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6947; in graphite: 1129; a14091
Inscriptionsin plate, within image: [...]; below image: Libra, Caput, Gladius, Palma. Et Crux tecta Corona;/Mortem, Iudicium, Tartara et Astra notant:/Haec quicunque Crucj confixus mente reuolues:/CHRISTVS erit vitae pulchra corona tibj.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897