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Emperor Maximilian Accompanied by Saints

Attributed to: Hans Springinklee (German, died in 1549)
Formerly attributed to: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

Medium/Technique Woodcut
Dimensions Sheet: 37.9 x 25.7 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP204
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (relief) app. 032 [as Dürer]
Signed Not signed
Marks Verso: collector's stamp in black of Karl Eduard von Liphart (Lugt 1687); collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 204.; in graphite: A Dürer; B vol [?] appendice p 185/n32; B.ap.32; in red: 15[?]
InscriptionsInscribed in block: [incriptions in haloes identify saints; further inscriptions in scrolls]
ProvenanceKarl Eduard von Liphart (b. 1808 - d. 1891; Lugt 1687), Florence; April 9, 1894, posthumous Liphart sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 1980. Henry 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: October 21, 1897)

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.