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Saint Bruno
Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10.8 x 7.3 cm (4 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6897
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 866; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1084
State
I
Signed
lower left to right, below image: Hieronymus Wierx fecit et excud.
Marks
verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6897; in graphite: 866; in ink: No2901; 2..6
Inscriptionsin plate, from mouth: O bonitas; on the stem of the branch of the crucifix: Sicut oliua fructifera; below image: S. BRVNO./Ecce elongaui fugiens, & mansi in solitudine. Psal. 54.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897