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The Eight Beatitudes, plate 7
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Blessed Are the Peacemakers
The Eight Beatitudes, plate 7
Harmen Jansz. Muller (Netherlandish, about 1538/39–1617)
After: Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498–1574)
After: Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498–1574)
about 1566
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 21.3 × 24.8 cm (8 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 24.3 × 31 cm (9 9/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.3 × 31 cm (9 9/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number63.549
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein (Muller Dynasty, part I) 43, iii / iii
State
III/III
DescriptionBlessed Are the Peacemakers: Matthew 5:9; Abigail Soothing David: 1 Samuel 25:23-35
Signed
Signed in plate, on stone below horse's foot: HMVL fe.; and on stone, lower center: MHeemskerck/Inuen.
Marks
Recto, lower right, in graphite: H. 408; in right and bottom margins: [transcriptions of Latin text, in faded ink]; verso, MFA stamp (Lugt 282) with accession number in graphite: 63.549
InscriptionsTitle inscribed in plate, left of center: BEATI PACI=/FICI, QVONI=/AM FILII/DEI VOCA/BVNTVR./Matt. 5.9.; and four lines of Latin verse in lower margin, lower left: Macte animo, placidæ insistis qui munera pacis,/Rixarum fugitans, talem quia numen adoptat.; lower right: Muncribus placat tessidæ molliter iram,/Conciliat que' virim Abbigail, pacem que'repnit.; 7
ProvenanceMay 8, 1963, puchased from Craddock & Barnard (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Acquisition Date: May 8, 1963)