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St. Jerome in Penitence, with Two Ships in a Harbor
about 1460–1480 (printed around 1800)
Medium/Technique
Engraving (fine manner)
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.3 × 28.4 cm (8 3/4 × 11 3/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP971
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind A.I.58
DescriptionThis engraving was published in both editions of Alessandro da Morrona, Pisa illustrata nelle Arti del Disegno, published in 1787 and 1812. According to Hind, no contemporary impressions are known. According to Morrona, the engraving was on the recto of the copper plate that bore the image of The Inferno According to Dante (MFA accession number P973).
Marks
Verso, lower 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)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA November 1897.