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Abraham Bloemaert (b. 1566 - d. 1651)
1610
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.9 × 22.8 cm (12 9/16 × 9 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession NumberM26842
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 185; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XI, Matham) 372 (I/II); Léna Widerkehr (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish)
State
I/II
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: Cum privil. Sa. Cæ M P. Morelsen pinxit ad vivum I. Matham Sculp/et excud
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 26842; MFA Jenkins Bequest stamp with accession number in graphite: 28642; in graphite: Abraham Bloemaert/by Jacob Matham after Paul Morelse/B. III, p. 177, 185; Matham; 4/-; 6156; in ink: 54630
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in oval frame surrounding portrait: ABRAHAMVS BLOEMAERT PICTOR/GEORGICOMIVS Æ. XLIII. 1610.; and on pelt below: ABRAHAMVS ille flos virum scecli decus/Scrutator artis, posthumæ famæ [?]udens/Reliquit hancce posteris imaginem/Timanthis arte cæteras dotes tegit./T. Schrevelius
ProvenanceBy 1916, Washington Irving Jenkins (b. 1848 - d. 1916; Lugt 4831), Clinton, MA; 1917, bequest of Jenkins to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: August 1, 1917)