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Saint John of the Cross
Anton Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 x 7.9 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6907
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 977; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1188
Signed
Signed in plate, below image: Anton. Wierix fecit et excud. Cum Gratia et Priuilegio.
Marks
Recto, lower left, in graphite: 977; verso, collector's mark in red: H.F.S.; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6907; in graphite: 977
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, below image: B.P.IOANNES A CRVCE. Hispanus.Carmelitarum Excalceatorum post/S.V. Teresiam Primus Parens. Mystica Theologiae sublims doctor, Diuino=/rum patiens, clarus, miraculis post varios labores obijt Ubetae a.°1591./cuius corpus incorruptem manens Segobia honorifice colitur.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.