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Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Diana (Ghisi) Scultori (Italian, about 1535–after 1587)
After: Giulio Romano (Italian, c. 1499–1546)
1575

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 42.5 x 58.4 cm (16 3/4 x 23 in.)(small irregular margin at the top; trimmed within the platemark on the other three sides)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number97.1264
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 04, i/ii; Bellini 21, ii/x
Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, bottom left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: August 18, 2023)

NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.