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The Virgin and Child
1630
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in gray-brown, brown, and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.5 x 15.9 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/4 in.) (trimmed to borderline)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1656
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Takahatake 5, only state, Variant b
DescriptionUndescribed state without the inscription "G.R.In./B.Cor./EQ.F." at left; with cross-hatching from the two tone blocks in the four corners outside the oval; and with a cartouche from the line block around the "IESUS MARIA."
Marks
Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, right center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897