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The Angel Predicts the Birth of Samson (from the series the History of Samson)
Designed by: Marten de Vos (Netherlandish, 1532–1603)
Engraved by: Anton Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Engraved by: Anton Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 19.7 x 28.2 cm (7 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 23.9 x 33.4 cm (9 7/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 23.9 x 33.4 cm (9 7/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number69.1034
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 90; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 24 (II)
State
II
Signed
Signed in plate within the image, lower left to right: G. de Iode esc.; Anto. Wierix.fec.; M.de Vos inue.
Marks
No watermark; verso, in graphite: 23.; MFA stamp with the accession number in graphite: 69.1034; in ink [illegible letterpress, perhaps the result of accidental contact with another wet sheet]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in margin below image, lower left to right: Victima per Manuen, domino maetatur opima: Vxor Samsonem qúod paritura foret. Judicum.13.Caput.; lower right: 1
Provenance1969, gift of Aimée Lamb (b. 1893 - d. 1989), Boston, and Rosamond Lamb (b. 1898 - d. 1989), Boston, to the MFA.