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Anna Fullings (Goltzius's Mother) [?]

Anna Fullings (Goltzius's Mother) [?]

(Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1583
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 15.9 x 11.9 cm (6 1/4 x 4 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 18.2 x 14 cm (7 3/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP7268
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in margin below portrait: Damnosa quid non imminuit dies:/Aetas parentum peior auis, tulit/Nos nequiores: mox daturos/Progeniem vitiosiorem. [What deterioration comes with each passing day/Our parents' era even more than that of our forebears/has made us still less fit, causing us to produce even more defective progeny]
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.
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Image Not Available for The Visitation (from The Birth and Early Life of Christ series, 2nd of 6 plates)
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Image Not Available for The Adoration of the Shepherds (from The Birth and Early Life of Christ, 3rd of 6 plates)
The Adoration of the Shepherds (from The Birth and Early Life of Christ, 3rd of 6 plates)
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1594
Image Not Available for The Circumcision (from The Birth and Early Life of Christ series, 4th of 6 plates)
The Circumcision (from The Birth and Early Life of Christ series, 4th of 6 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius
1594
Image Not Available for The Adoration of the Magi (from the Birth and Early Life of Christ series, 5th of 6 plates)
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about 1594
Image Not Available for The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist (from the Birth and Early Life of Christ series; 6th of 6 plates)
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Hendrick Goltzius
1593
The Adoration of the Shepherds
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Hendrick Goltzius
about 1599
The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Hendrick Goltzius
1615
The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Hendrick Goltzius
1615
Image Not Available for The Massacre of the Innocents
The Massacre of the Innocents
Hendrick Goltzius
about 1584
The Massacre of the Innocents
The Massacre of the Innocents
Hendrick Goltzius
about 1584
The Holy Family
The Holy Family
Hendrick Goltzius
about 1595