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The Broom (from the Infancy of Christ series)

The Broom (from the Infancy of Christ series)

(Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 12.6 x 8.6 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 10.1 x 6.6 cm (4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP6836
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsin plate, in box below image, left: O! beatum pauimentum!/Te, qui fecit firmamentum,/Verrit Suis manibus.; right: Ferte ligna, fiet cibus,/De farinae satis tribus,/Sed Amoris ignibus.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897