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Saint Aegidus

(Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 12.2 x 7.5 cm (4 13/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 12.4 x 7.5 cm (4 7/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB3756
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, below image: S. ÆGIDIUS/Regio Athenis ortus sanguine, miraculis partos honores fugiens, apud/ceruam nutricem suam latet, quam vulnere suo a regijs venatoribus/liberat. Spernit muneraj que Rex in monasterij aedificationem/conuertit, cui Praepositus Sancte immoritur 1. Sept.
ProvenanceBequest of William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston, to the MFA.