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The Boat (from the Infancy of Christ series)

The Boat (from the Infancy of Christ series)

(Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
(Netherlandish, about 1553–1619)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 10 x 6.5 cm (3 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 11.9 x 10.4 cm (4 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP6839
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, below image, lower left: Frustra pater nauem dabit,/Frustra caligas parabit/Texens Mater filio;; lower right: Quando volet nauigare/Ambulabit Super mare/Nullius auxilio.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.