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Blessed Are the Peacemakers

(Netherlandish, about 1538/39–1617)
(Netherlandish, 1498–1574)
about 1566
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 21.3 × 24.8 cm (8 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 24.3 × 31 cm (9 9/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number63.549
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsTitle inscribed in plate, left of center: BEATI PACI=/FICI, QVONI=/AM FILII/DEI VOCA/BVNTVR./Matt. 5.9.; and four lines of Latin verse in lower margin, lower left: Macte animo, placidæ insistis qui munera pacis,/Rixarum fugitans, talem quia numen adoptat.; lower right: Muncribus placat tessidæ molliter iram,/Conciliat que' virim Abbigail, pacem que'repnit.; 7
ProvenanceMay 8, 1963, puchased from Craddock & Barnard (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Acquisition Date: May 8, 1963)
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