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King Henri IV of France Curing a Man of Scrofula
Peter (Petrus) Firens (French, about 1580–about 1639)
about 1610
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number62.700
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein 13; Wurzbach I, p.534
DescriptionThe impression of this print at the British Museum is printed on a letterpress broadside with the title Representation au naturel, comme le Roy Tres-Chrestien Henry IIII Roy de France et the Navarre touche les escrouelles. (accession number 1848,0911.622).
Signed
In plate, at lower center: P. Firens
Marks
Verso, in black, the mark of Alfred Morrison (Lugt 151); in purple, the mark of Edgar Seligman (Lugt 2351c).
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower center: Cum privilegio regis P. Firens fecit.
ProvenanceAlfred Morrison, Fonthill (b. 1821 - d. 1897; Lugt 151). Edgar Seligman, London (b. 1867; Lugt 2351c)