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Date(s)
- 1585 (Creation)
Extent and medium
Engraving on paper
Context area
Name of creator
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
20.9 cm x 12.9 cm
Notes area
Note
Engraver: Anton Wierix II
Publisher: Gerard de Jode
After Marten de Vos
Note
Part of a set of twenty-two prints depicting the Passion of Christ.
Plate 3
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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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The whole margin has been cut off.
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MS annotation on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar: "129" and "129".
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Sources
Alvin, L. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères, Jean, Jérôme & Antoine Wierix, Brussels, 1866 (389bis)
Mauquoy-Hendrickx, M. Les estampes des Wierix, conservées au Cabinet de Estampes de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier. Catalogue ... »