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The Great Lion

The Great Lion

(Dutch, 1565–1629)
(Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1587–died in 1591)
1590
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsTrimmed within platemark: 26.2 x 34.3 cm (10 5/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 27.3 x 34.9 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number2012.115
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, between two oval engraved lines framing image: *EN LEO MAGNANIMVS, VIGILANTI MENT RECVMBENS: VERBERET VT CAVDAM, TOLLAT VT IPSE IVBAS. NEC FVGIENS, NEC QVEM METVENS: SED PROMPTVS ET ACER * AD PROSTERNENDVM, SE DOCET ESSE FERAM . HiR In plate, at lower right: IBosscher. excu
ProvenanceComte Octave Edouard de Behague (b. 1827/1828 – d. 1879; Lugt 2004), Paris. Jules Gerbeau (d. 1906; Lugt 1165), Paris. April 2, 1998, anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, sold to Hill-Stone, Inc., New York; 1998, sold by Hill-Stone to Robert Wheaton (d. 2010), Cambridge, MA; by descent to his widow, Barbara Wheaton, Cambridge; 2011, sold by Barbara Wheaton to Hill-Stone, Inc.; 2012, sold by Hill-Stone to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2012)