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Philip Melanchthon
Designed by: Lucas Cranach, the Younger (German, 1515–1586)
Cut by: Jakob Lucius (German, about 1530–1597)
Cut by: Jakob Lucius (German, about 1530–1597)
1561
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Other (woodcut border): 25.1 x 15.2 cm (9 7/8 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 30.2 x 19 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 30.2 x 19 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP18991
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 153; Heller 870; Dodgson 32; Hollstein 48a
Signed
and dated lower left: 1561./ [winged serpent]; and by the cutter, behind the sitter's right foot [Lucius' mark]
Marks
verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 18991 [Lugt 1870]; in graphite: 12153
Inscriptionsverso, woodcut decorated initial [?]; letterpress in German
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.
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.