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The Adoration of the Magi

Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone (Italian, about 1510–1563)
About 1540–60

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 16.2 x 22.5 cm (6 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13739
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 8
Marks Verso, upper left-center, in pen and black ink, the mark of Richard Ford, London (1796-1858)(Lugt 937), 1824; verso, bottom left, in pen and brown ink, "MMS. The Mangin Coll. 1807"; verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenancePossibly Alexander Mangin, Dublin (1732-1802)(see note on verso of print); Richard Ford, London (1796-1858)(Lugt 937), 1824. By 1888, Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTES:
[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.