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The Infant Saint John at the Source

(Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
(Dutch, 1558–1617)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsImage: 18 × 14.1 cm (7 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 20.7 × 14.5 cm (8 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 21.7 × 15.3 cm (8 9/16 × 6 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP7312
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower margin: Hic puer a teneris virtuti deditus annis,/Optatum miseris monstrat mortalibus agnum. C. Schonæs.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.