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Saint Jean Berchmans (1599-1621)
Anton Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 10.2 x 6.8 cm (4 x 2 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 11.3 x 7.9 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 11.3 x 7.9 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6987
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 1863; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1852 (III)
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: Anton Wierx fecit et excud.
Marks
Recto, in graphite, lower left: 1863; no watermark; verso, collector's mark in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6987; in graphite: 3/8
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in engraved oval border: IONNES.BERCHMANS.BELGA. E SOC . IESV .IHS . OBIIT ANNO . SAL . MDCXXI . AVG . XIII . ÆTATIS XXII; below portrait: Haec tria mihi carissima cum/his libenter moriar
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.