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The Seven Capital Sins

Thought to be by: Cornelis Galle, Sr. (Netherlandish, 1576–1650)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 18.7 x 13.6 cm (7 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6953
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Alvin 1296; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1372 (I)
Signed not signed
Marks verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6953
Inscriptionsin plate, in heart: VII/PECCATORUM CAPITA=/LIVM IMAGINES ELE=/GANTISSIMÈ A PHILIP./GALLAEO DEPICTAE/ET AERI INCISAE./Ecce omnes animae, meae sunt:/vt anima patris, ita et ani=/ma filij, mea est. Anima/quae peccaverit, ipsa/morietur./Ezech.18.; below, in box: Vitiorum commodum in praesenti: virtutum in futuro.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897