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The Virgin and Child with a Pear
Madonna and Child with a Pear in a Window
The Virgin and Child with a Pear
Master FVB (Netherlandish, 15th century)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 17.4 x 11.2 cm (6 7/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Jackson Holmes and William Simes Fund
Accession Number29.1879
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 007; Lehrs 10 (I/I)
State
I/I
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center, below engraved window frame: FVB
Marks
Recto, lower right, collector's stamp in black ink: [FA in an oval; Friedrich August II, Lugt 971]; verso, in graphite: B. No. 4, Vol. VI, p. 82; MFA stamp in black ink with old accession number in graphite: 31600; in graphite, the beginnings of a sketch
ProvenanceFriedrich August II, King of Saxony (b. 1797 - d. 1854; Lugt 971), Dresden. November 16, 1928, auction, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 664, to P. & D. Colnaghi (dealers), London, for the MFA. ( Accession Date: February 1, 1929)