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The Sacrifice of Abraham

Marten de Vos (Netherlandish, 1532–1603)

Jan Wierix (Flemish, about 1549–after 1615)

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 25.4 x 20 cm (10 x 7 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 25.5 x 20.4 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession numberP3757

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Inscriptionsin plate, below image: Per memet ipsum iuraui, dicit Dominus: benedicam tibi, - multiplicabo semen tuum/sicut stellas caeli, et velut arena est in littore maris: possidebit femen tuum portas/inimicorum suorum, - benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gente terrae. GENES. XXII.

ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897