476 - St Mark

Identity area

Reference code

MCPP/FF/FPR/L/476

Title

St Mark

Date(s)

  • undated (Creation)

Extent and medium

Engraving on paper

Context area

Name of creator

(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 ... »

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.

Conditions of access and use area

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

26.9 cm x 19.5 cm

Notes area

Note

Engraver: Jerome Wierix
Publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher
After Andriaen de Weerdt of Brussels

Note

One from of a series of four prints depicting the Evangelists.

Note

Text in the lower margin: "Marcus ab horrendo rediuiuum funere Christum / Quisquis es horum, operum ne nom memorullius esses, / Partaq[ue] devicta morte trophaeareferet. / Ars quâte potuit docta monere, monet."

Note

Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-476/519994

Access points

Description control area

Sources

Alvin, L. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères, Jean, Jérôme & Antoine Wierix, Brussels, 1866 (649-53)