157 - The devil sowing tares

Identity area

Reference code

MCPP/FF/FPR/L/157

Title

The devil sowing tares

Date(s)

  • 1585 (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

20 cm x 24.4 cm

Notes area

Note

Publisher: Gerard de Jode
After Gerard van Groenining (attributed to)

Note

Part of a set of four prints depicting the parable of the tares.

Note

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.

Note

Text in the lower margin from Matthew: "Dvm dormivnt homines inimicvs zizania interserit tritico".

Note

Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-157/518930

Access points

Description control area

Sources

Mielke, H. Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 38, 1975, pp. 29-83 (47)