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Designed by: Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
Engraved by: Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Platemark: 18.6 x 13.4 cm (7 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 19.4 x 14.1 cm (7 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6969
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Alvin 1369; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1366
Signed In cartouche: Io. Strad. inv./Hier. Wirix Sculp./Phls Galle. exc.
Marks Recto, upper left: 3; lower left, in graphite: 13689; verso, collector's mark in black: [Franz Jozef von Enzenberg; Lugt 845]; collector's mark in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6969; in graphite: 1369
InscriptionsIn plate: SPES; in rectangular space below main image: Spe salvi facti sumus. Spes autem quæ videtur non est spes./Nam quod videt quis: Sperat? Rom.8./2
ProvenanceFranz Jozef von Enzenberg (1802-1879, Innsbruck); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897