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Date(s)
- 1585 (Creation)
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Engraving on paper
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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 ... »
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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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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
19.8 cm x 27.7 cm
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Note
Engraver: Jan Collaert I
Publisher: Gerard de Jode
After Ambrosius Francken I (attributed to)
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Part of a set of six prints depicting the conversions of sinners.
Plate 6
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The print comes from the Thesaurus Veteris et Novi Testamenti, a collection of groups of prints by different designers and engravers published together by Gerard de Jode in Antwerp in 1585.
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Text in the lower margin from Acts 9: "Sternitur in terram caelesti fulmine Saulus, Vasque fit electum Paulus ab hoste dei."
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Sources
Mielke, H. Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 38, 1975, pp. 29-83 (54)