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Frontispiece-Title to The New Testament (Two Angels Holding a Plaque on which is Inscribed "NOVVM JESV CHRISTI TESTAMENTVM")

mid 17th century
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 36.3 × 23.1 cm (14 5/16 × 9 1/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession numberM17907
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsAt bottom of plate, "PARISIIS ANNO. MDCXL. E TYPOGRAPHIA REGIA."
ProvenanceThe Gardner Brewer Collection; Mrs. Arthur Croft (Caroline A. Brewer)(died 1898); her bequest to the MFA January 1, 1902
Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
about 1660-1700
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