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Date(s)
- 1585 (Creation)
Extent and medium
Engraving on paper
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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
21.4 cm x 27.6 cm
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Note
Engraver: Jan Sadeler I
Publisher: Gerard de Jode
After Gerard van Groeningen
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Part of a series of nine prints depicting the life of Christ.
Plate 4
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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 Matthew 2: "Hic reges repetunt Longa regione profecti, cum donis veteris maenia Bethleticos".
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MS annotation on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar: "9".
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Sources
Mielke, H. Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 38, 1975, pp. 29-83 (44)