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The Massacre of the Innocents (from the Life of Christ series)
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7.1 x 5.1 cm (2 13/16 x 2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number18.696
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs 075 (I); Hollstein-Koreny 75 (I); Geisberg 38
Signed
Not signed
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in black oval: H.H. [Henry Ralph Mowbray Howard; Lugt 1318]; in graphite: C1694
ProvenanceMid-19th century, Henry Huth (b. 1815 - d. 1878), London and Wykehurst Park, Sussex; by descent to his son, Alfred Henry Huth (b. 1850 - d. 1910), Fosbury Manor, Wiltshire; July 6, 1911, Huth sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, London, lot 262, sold for £13 to Bernard Quaritsch, Ltd., London; about 1912, probably sold by Quaritsch to Henry Ralph Mowbray Howard (b. 1883 - d. 1950; Lugt 1318), London and Cortington, Wiltshire. 1918, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi and Obach (dealers), London, to the MFA for $104.37. (Accession Date: April 5, 2023)