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Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone (Italian, about 1510–1563)
About 1540–60
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 13.2 x 8.7 cm (5 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark at the right; lacking c. 22 mm at the top and c. 4 mm at the left and bottom)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13740
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 71
Marks
Verso, lower center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Pierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1789), 1670; verso, lower left, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Richard Ford, London (1796-1858)(Lugt 937), 1821; verso, bottom left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenancePierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1789), 1670; Richard Ford, London (1796-1858)(Lugt 937), 1821; Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897