169 - The raising of the son of the widow of Nain

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MCPP/FF/FPR/L/169

Title

The raising of the son of the widow of Nain

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  • 1585 (Creation)

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Engraving on paper

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(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 after his mother Mary Ferrar purchased the land there in 1624.

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(1588-1657)

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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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20.3 cm x 25 cm

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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 7

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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 text in the lower margin is torn off.

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MS annotations on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar: "45 Widdows Some of [Naanny?]".
MS annotations on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar, deleted: "46" and "45".

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Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-169/518969?item=518970

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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 (396)
Mauquoy-Hendrickx, M. Les estampes des Wierix, conservées au Cabinet de Estampes de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier. Catalogue raisonné enrichi de notes prises dans diverses autres collections Brussels, 1978 (90-100)

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