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Date(s)
- 1585 (Creation)
Extent and medium
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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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
20.3 cm x 25 cm
Notes area
Note
Engraver: Jerome Wierix
Publisher: Gerard de Jode
After Gerard van Groenining (attributed to)
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Part of a set of twelve prints depicting the miracles of Christ.
Plate 12
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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 John 11: "Exanimum fratrem tu verbo Christe sorori. Trasfens in vitae fata peracta sucae."
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MS annotation on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar: "102".
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Sources
Mielke, H. Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 38, 1975, pp. 29-83 (48)
Alvin, L. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères, Jean, Jérôme & Antoine Wierix, Brussels, 1866 (401)
Mauquoy-Hendrickx, M. Les estampes des Wierix, conservées au Cabinet ... »