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The Holy Family with Elizabeth and Saint John

(Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
(Netherlandish, 16th century)
(Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 32.1 x 24.2 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 24.4 x 18.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB3755
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in box below image: Ecce beat Mundum Dauidis origine lumen,/Quod priseo quondam cecinerunt tempore Vates./Et tu parue Puer, Sanctus dignusqe Prophaeta Ante Redemptorem tu praegrediere iubendo Omnigenam sacro tingi baptismate gentem.
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Paris; June 12, 1900, his bequest to the MFA.
Johannes Stradanus
Johannes Stradanus
Johannes Stradanus
Johannes Stradanus
Johannes Stradanus
Johannes Stradanus
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