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The Virgin and Child with Abbott
1477
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.6 x 23.1 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP880
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 013; Lehrs 080a
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center, below engraved border: wolfgangus aurifaber
Marks
Watermark [not identified]; verso, collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; in graphite: no. 88
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, above engraved border, upper center: ludwicus abbas anno domini [1477, in gothic script]; in banderole above abbot's head: jesu verbum sumi patris serua seruos tue matris
ProvenanceHenry 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)