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Leah and Rachel, the Wives of Jacob (from the series The Wives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 3rd of 3 plates)

Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
After: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 22.2 × 16 cm (8 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7338
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 250; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XI, Matham) 22; Widerkehr (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish)
Signed Not signed
Marks No watermark; verso, in black ink: J. A. G. Bouchiel 1775 [Jules-Arman-Guillaume Bouchier; Lugt 284]; collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry Foster Sewall, Lugt 1309]; completely faded MFA Parker stamp (Lugt 1870), with accession number in black ink: 7338
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, within image, lower left: HG Inuentor.; in lower margin: Prodijt ex nobis Sacra, et divina propago,/Que totam largo compevit femine terram. C. Schonæus.
ProvenanceJules-Armand-Guillaume Boucher (or Bouchier) de Crèvecoer (b. 1757 - d. 1844; Lugt 284); November 19-20, 1845, his sale. Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)