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Doctor François Maelson

(Flemish, about 1549–after 1615)
1592
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 14.3 x 9.3 cm (5 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 14.1 x 9.6 cm (5 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP7004
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsin plate, in bottom margin: DOCTOR FRANCOIS MAELSON/Dus heeft men MAELSONS Beelt in zilver uitgesneden,/Enkhuizens Cicero, de mondt van seven steden,/Den wÿzen Raat van Staat, den destigen Gesant/Aen't Brits en Deense hof, dat taalgeleert verstandt./Doch wie zÿn geest in Print of wooden won bepaelen/Most zelfs een MAELSON zÿn die ook de zon Kon malen./G Brand.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897