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The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 8.8 x 6.1 cm (3 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 9.1 x 6.3 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 9.1 x 6.3 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6892
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 849; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1066
Signed
lower left to right, below image: Hieronymus Wiex 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: 6892; in graphite: 849
Inscriptionsin plate, below image: Qui habitat in adiutorio altissimi: in/protectione Dei caeli commorabitur.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897