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Hope (from a series of The Virtues, 2nd of 7 plates)

(Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
(Dutch, 1558–1617)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsImage: 13.2 × 10.2 cm (5 3/16 × 4 in.)
Platemark: 15.3 × 10.4 cm (6 × 4 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 16.4 × 11.3 cm (6 7/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP9188
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, at the top of the anchor, lower left: 2; in lower margin: Marentes recreo, vite ne tedeat egre,/Adverse prebens solatia dulcia fortis.
ProvenanceFranz Josef von Enzenberg (b. 1802 - d. 1879; Lugt 845), Innsbruck. March 17 - April 2, 1879, his sale, Vienna, lot 2090. Probably Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York [Sewell's collector's stamp is not on the back of this impression, unlike most of the Parker Fund purchases]; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.