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The Massacre of the Innocents (from the Life of the Virgin series, 1 of 12 plates)
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.8 x 18.1 cm (10 9/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession NumberM28178
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 038; Geisberg 39; Lehrs 58 (I/I); Hollstein-Koreny 58
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center below, but partially overlapping, engraved border: . Israhel V . M .
Marks
Watermark: jug with cross [similar to Lehrs, vol. 9, p. 63, fig. 13, but with handle on left]; verso, in graphite: N.Y./ Smith Sale/no. 955 1861; B1226; s [circled] Cro.
ProvenanceReverend Walter Davenport-Bromley (b. 1787 - d. 1863), Wooton Hall, England; May 8, 1844, his sale, Christie's, London, to Smith for £4. November, 1920, purchased from P & D Colnaghi & Co. (dealers), London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November, 1920)