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God Creates Adam (from the Genesis series, no. 5)
Jan Wierix (Flemish, about 1549–after 1615)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 4.2 x 6.3 cm (1 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 4.7 x 6.7 cm (1 7/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 4.7 x 6.7 cm (1 7/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6774
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 062; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 5 (II)
Signed
within image, lower center: .IOHAN.WIRICX.INV.ET.F.EXCV.CVM.PRI
Marks
verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6774
Inscriptionsin plate, within image, upper right: 5; below image: Inspirauit in faciem eius spira:/culam vitæ.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897