452 - The crowning with thorns

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MCPP/FF/FPR/L/452

Title

The crowning with thorns

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  • undated (Creation)

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Engraving on paper

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(1593-1637)

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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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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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13.5 cm x 10 cm

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Engraver: Jerome Wierix
After Marten de Vos

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Part of a series of prints entitled: Passio Domini Nostri Iesu Christi.
Plate 8

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Text in the lower margin: "Corona spinea capiti imponitvr, illvditvrqve."

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MS annotation on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar: "143".

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Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-452/519916

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Alvin, L. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères, Jean, Jérôme & Antoine Wierix, Brussels, 1866 (363)
Mauquoy-Hendrickx, M. Les estampes des Wierix, conservées au Cabinet de Estampes de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier. Catalogue raisonné enrichi de notes prises dans diverses autres collections Brussels, 1978 (152)

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  • Box: Ferrar Prints Box 3