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The Infant Christ Carrying the Cross
Anton Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 x 6.3 cm (3 15/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6926
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 1117; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 482 (A)
Signed
Signed in plated, below image, lower center: Anton. Wierx excud.
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6926; in graphite: 1117
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, below image: Terra animae maledicta meae, quondam obsita Spinis,/Nunc madefacta Dei funde cruore rosas.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.