Christ Bearing the Cross, the Scoffing of Christ, and the Crucifixion
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 57.7 × 39.2 cm (22 11/16 × 15 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP7347
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, within image, lower left: Albertus Durerus figurant; lower center: Cum Priuil. Sac. Cæs. M.; Iac. Matham Sculp.; lower right: Joan Goyuarts excud. 1615.; lower center: 1505 [Dürer's monogram]
Inscribed in plate, lower margin, lower left: Pro me mortali descendit summus in ima,/Asperaqz in terris ter tria lustra trulit:; lower center: Pro me famosa suffixus in arbore, lethum/sustinuit; pro me vulnera sacra patent,; lower right: Nec, passum tam multa, leui dignabor amore?/Faxo, quò merces fiat amoris amor.
Inscribed along lower edge: A TRESHAVLT. ET TRESPVISSANT PRINCE MONSEIGNEVR HENRY DE BOVRBON PRINCE DE CONDE, DUC D'AVGVIEN COMTE DE SOISSONS, DE CLERMONT ET VALLERY; MARQVUIS DE CHAV. ROVX: PRINCE DV SANG/PREMIER PAIR DE FRANCE, GOVVERNEVR ET LIEVTENANT GENERAL POVR LE ROY EN SES PAIS ET DVCHE DE GVYENNE &C. DE VOSTRE ALTEZE TRE SOBEISSANT ET TRESHVMBLE SERVITEVR I. GOYVAERTS DD.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.
