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Saint Francis of Assisi

Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Platemark: 11 x 7.2 cm (4 5/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 12.5 x 8.9 cm (4 15/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6903
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Alvin 912; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1140 (I)
State I
Signed below image, lower left to lower right: Hieronymus Wierx fecit et excud. Cum Gratia et Priuilegio. Buschere.
Marks verso, collector's mark in red: H.F.S.; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6903; in graphite: 912
Inscriptionsin plate, below image: Fili praebe mihi cor tuum./ Ô Iesus, amor tuus et nil amplius.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897