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The Thorn Puller


Spinario
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Copied after: Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–1578)
late 16th century

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 31.2 x 23.2 cm (12 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark at the top and sides; lacking c. 18 mm at the bottom)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1550
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bierens de Haan 151, Copy b; Hollstein 151 (copy); Illustrated Bartsch 151 (copy); New Hollstein 215, Copy c
Marks Verso, bottom left-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower 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 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE:

[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.