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Becanus (Jan van Gorp, also called Goropius)

(Flemish, about 1549–after 1615)
1580
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 25 x 17 cm (9 13/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 29.4 x 19.3 cm (11 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP6985
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsin plate, upper left to upper right: IOANNIS GOROPII BECANI EFFIGIES; verso, epitaph in letterpress: [not transcribed]
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897