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The Birth of Pharez and Zarah


The Story of Judah and Thamar series, plate 4
Harmen Jansz. Muller (Netherlandish, about 1538/39–1617)
After: Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498–1574)
about 1566

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 21.8 × 25.4 cm (8 9/16 × 10 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2769
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné New Hollstein (Muller Dynasty, part 1) 8, i / ii
State I/II
Signed Signed in plate, on cradle, lower right: HMVL fe.
Marks Verso, MFA Babcock Bequest stamp in purple [Lugt 207], with accession number in ink: 2769
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower left: 4; lower center: MHeemskerck In; and in lower margin: POST THAMAR GEMINOS VITALES ÆDIT IN AVRAS POSSITVR AD POENAS, SIC STAT [the rest of the inscription has been torn off]
ProvenanceJune 12, 1900, bequeathed to the MFA by William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 208), Paris. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)