Landscape with a Man Praying at the Altar of a Temple and Another Man Entering the Temple

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Landscape with a Man Praying at the Altar of a Temple and Another Man Entering the Temple

Gabriel Perelle (French, 1604–1677)
Published by: Pierre Mariette I (French, about 1603–1657)
Or: Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634–1716)

about 1625-1675

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 10.1 × 10.9 cm (4 × 4 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP18518

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Marks Verso, bottom right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom right, "3"

ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816-d. 1896; cf. Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall; 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see Note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)