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The Boat (from the Infancy of Christ series)
Designed by: Anton Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Engraved by: Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Engraved by: Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 10 x 6.5 cm (3 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 11.9 x 10.4 cm (4 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 11.9 x 10.4 cm (4 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6839
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 452 (II); Mauquoy-Hendrickx 418 (B)
Signed
Signed in plate, within image, lower left: Ant. Wierx fe.; below image, lower left to right: Hieronymus Wierx excudit. Cum Gratia et Priuilegio. Buschere.
Marks
No watermark; verso, collector's mark in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 6839; in graphite: 452
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, below image, lower left: Frustra pater nauem dabit,/Frustra caligas parabit/Texens Mater filio;; lower right: Quando volet nauigare/Ambulabit Super mare/Nullius auxilio.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.