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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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21.3 cm x 29 cm
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Publisher: Hendrick Goltzius
After Marten de Vos
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Part of a set of thirteen prints depicting the martyrdoms of the twelve Apostles.
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The bottom two lines of text in the lower margin have been cut off. The top two lines read: "Strennuus hic Christi viuens Athleta Philippus / Nunciat atq[ue] Orbis dum gaudia sacra redemptis"
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Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-425/519823
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Sources
Hirschmann, O. Verzeichnis des Graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius 1558 – 1617, Leipzig, 1921 (356)