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The Lute Player and the Singer (from the Scenes of Daily Life series)
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.5 x 10.7 cm (6 1/2 x 4 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2177
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs 506 (III); Hollstein-Koreny 506 (III); Geisberg 408; Bartsch 174
State
III
Signed
Signed in plate, lower margin, center: . I . M .
Marks
Watermark: hand with flower; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; in black ink: Robert Balmanno FSA London 182[9? last digit is not visible; Lugt 213]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, on the rim of bowl hanging on the wall: . LLMONA ... N
ProvenanceRobert Balmanno (b. 1780 - d. 1866; Lugt 213), London; Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)