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David Dancing before the Ark
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: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 32.1 x 22.9 cm (12 5/8 x 9 in.)
Sheet: 32.1 x 22.9 cm (12 5/8 x 9 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6792
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 097; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 64
Signed
with image, left of lower center: M. de Vos inuento; lower right: Iohan. W. fecit/Sadleri excud.
Marks
watermark [not identified]; verso, collector's mark in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6792; in graphite: 97
Inscriptionsin plate, below engraved border: Dauid autem saltabat totis viribus ante Dominum: porro Dauid erat accinctus ephod lineo. Et Davuid, et omnis/domus Israel, ducebant arcam testamenti Domini, in iubilo et clangore buccinæ. SAMV. LIB.II. CAP.VI.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897