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Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Designed by: Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
Engraved by: Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Engraved by: Hieronymus [Jerome] Wierix (Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.6 x 18.6 cm (9 11/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 33.2 x 24.5 cm (13 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 33.2 x 24.5 cm (13 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB3758
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Alvin 511; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 457 (I)
State
I
Signed
Signed in plate, in cartouche below image, lower left: Joannes Stradanus inuen.; lower right: Jeronimus Wirix fecit.; lower center: Philippus Gallæus excudit.
Marks
Watermark: gothic p with a flower above and a g below; recto, in graphite: 185 x 945 [underlined]; verso, MFA Babcock Bequest stamp with accession number in black ink: 3758; in graphite: Virgin & child & St Ann,/same as LeBl. IV. 219.287 z; Alvin 88.511/Names below differ from both catal./(...Wierix [underlined] fecit Theodorus [underlined] Gallaeus excudit)
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in cartouche: GENTIBVS CVNCTIS FOELIX, ET DICTA BEATA EST/ANNA PARENS MATRIS CHRISTI, DAVIDICA PROLES.
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, his bequest to the MFA.