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Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael

(Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
(Dutch, about 1564–1651)
1603
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 47 × 36.3 cm (18 1/2 × 14 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 47.4 × 36.6 cm (18 11/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession number2012.360
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in margin below image, lower left: Gen. XXI/Dum petulans Dominæ non insultare veretur, / Cum nato Jussa est vertere serva solum.; lower right: Rupert. in Gen./Sic, Christo, Christique gregi dum illudere certant/Judæos meritò par quoque pæna premit. SHS [monogram]
ProvenanceNorman Jack Leitman and Todd Butler (b. 1936 - d. 2010), New York, London, and San Diego; purchased from them by Robert Wheaton (d. 2010) and Barbara Wheaton, Concord, MA; 2012, gift of Barbara Wheaton to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2012)