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The Sacrifice of Abraham
Designed by: Marten de Vos (Netherlandish, 1532–1603)
Engraved by: Jan Wierix (Flemish, about 1549–after 1615)
Engraved by: Jan Wierix (Flemish, about 1549–after 1615)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 25.4 x 20 cm (10 x 7 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 25.5 x 20.4 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.5 x 20.4 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP3757
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 084; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 59
Signed
left of lower center, within image, partially hidden by the grass: M. de Vos inuen./Iohan. W. fecit.; lower center, within image: Sadleri excu.
Marks
watermark; verso, MFA Babcock Bequest stamp, in purple, with accession number in ink: 3757; in graphite: [?]/2f; in graphite, in script: Johannes Wierix/Abraham's sacrifice/Alvin 16.84.; -[?]or
Inscriptionsin plate, below image: Per memet ipsum iuraui, dicit Dominus: benedicam tibi, - multiplicabo semen tuum/sicut stellas caeli, et velut arena est in littore maris: possidebit femen tuum portas/inimicorum suorum, - benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gente terrae. GENES. XXII.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897