273 - Castitas

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MCPP/FF/FPR/L/273

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Castitas

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  • undated (Creation)

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Engraving on paper

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(1593-1637)

Biographical history

Educated at Clare Hall/College; Fellow of Clare. From 1618 to 1624 he was director to the affairs of the Virginia Company. Ferrar was ordained as a deacon in 1626 and founded the small Anglican community of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, shortly after his mother Mary Ferrar purchased the land there in 1624.

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(1588-1657)

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Archival history

The loose Ferrar prints were conserved in 2014-2015. Please note that the digital images of the prints were captured before conservation work took place.

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      21 cm x 14.6 cm

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      Engraver: Crispin van de Passe I
      Publisher: Crispin van de Passe I

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      Part of a series of seven prints depicting the seven virtues.
      Plate 3

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      Text in the lower margin: "Templa sacri Flatus, cum sint penetralia [...] purusque et sanctus amator".

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          Sources

          Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam, 1949 (421)
          Franken, D. L'œuvre gravé des van de Passe, Amsterdam, 1881 (1001)

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