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Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist
about 1570s-80s
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in three shades of red, and dark brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 41.5 x 26.5 cm (16 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number87.823
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.058.15
Marks
Verso, bottom left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceAmbroise Firmin-Didot (b. 1790- d. 1876), Paris (Lugt 119). By 1888, Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: June 7, 2017)
NOTES: [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.
NOTES: [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.