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Saint Francis of Paula
Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10.3 x 6.7 cm (4 1/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6905
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 929; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1145a
Signed
below image: Hieronymus Wierx excudit. Cum Gratia et Priuilegio. Piermans.
Marks
verso, collector's mark in red: H.F.S.; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6905; in graphite: 929
Inscriptionsin plate, above image: Dedisti mihi clypeum salutis tuae. 2.Reg.22.; below image: S. FRANCISCVS DE PAVLA./En Diuinus Amor FRANCISCO Insignia dantur,/Promit et Angelicum caelica turba melos./Grex Minimus felix, cui tam Venerabile Numen/Et Scutum, et verae nobilitatis honor.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897