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The Christ Child Surrounded by the Flaming Heart

(Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 9.2 x 5.8 cm (3 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 9.7 x 6 cm (3 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP6952
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, below image, lower left: En armatas flammis tendit/IEsVS manus, cor accendit/Hinc et illinc facibus.; lower right: Age, totum comburatur,/In fauillam redigatur/Cor amoris ignibus.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.