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Gunpowder

(Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
(Netherlandish, 1566–1628)
(Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
about 1600
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 27 x 43 cm (10 5/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Image: 21.7 x 28.1 cm (8 9/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number2014.44
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, within engraved border, left of center: Ioan.Stradanus inuent; lower center: Phls Galle excud.; in margin below engraved border, lower left: 3.; lower center: PVLVIS PYRIVS./ left: Manu quati tonitrua atq fulmina; right: Datum videtur inferis ab inuidis.
Provenance2013, sold by Estampes Martinez, Paris, to James A. Bergquist (dealer), Newton, MA; 2014, sold by James Bergquist to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 29, 2014)