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Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1545 - d. 1592)
Workshop: Harmen Jansz. Muller (Netherlandish, about 1538/39–1617)
about 1600
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 27.4 × 22.2 cm (10 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession NumberM26853
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Filedt Kok (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, The Muller Dynasty, part 1) 112 (I/I)
State
I/I
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: Harmen Muller excud.
Marks
Watermark: shield with letter JG; recto, collector's stamp in purple, lower right: [unidentified; circular geometric design, similar but not identical to Lugt 3634]; verso, in graphite: 28; #10187=/200; MFA stamp [Lugt 282] with accession number in graphite: 26853
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in lower margin: ALEXANDER FERNESIVS PARMÆ ET PLACENTIÆ PRINCEPS, GVBERNATOR ER/CAPITANUVS GENERALIS REGIONVM BELGICAR SVB PHILIPPO.II.HISP REGE CATHOLIC.
ProvenanceBy 1916, Washington Irving Jenkins (b. 1848 - d. 1916; Lugt 4831), Clinton, MA; 1917, bequest of Jenkins to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: August 1, 1917)