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Saint Andrew (from a Christ and the Apostles series, one of thirteen plates)
Master FVB (Netherlandish, 15th century)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 18.5 x 9.9 cm (7 5/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number33.562
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 007; Lehrs 28 (I/I)
State
Only state
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center, above engraved border: FVB
Marks
No watermark; recto, lower right, collector's stamp in black: [FA II with crown above in oval; Friedrich August II; Lugt 972]; verso, MFA stamp in black with old accession number in graphite: 32989
ProvenanceCount Franz Joseph von Sternberg-Manderscheid (b. 1763 - d. 1830), Prague; October 1, 1838, his sale, J.G.A. Frenzel, Dresden, lot 61 (12 prints from the Christ and Apostles series), sold for 280 fr. to Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (b. 1797 - d. 1854; Lugt 972), Dresden. May 22-24, 1933, sale of works from the August II collection and others, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 489 [see NOTE]; July 20, 1933, purchased from that sale by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 20, 1933)
NOTE: impressions from the series were sold at and dispersed after the 1933 Boerner sale.
NOTE: impressions from the series were sold at and dispersed after the 1933 Boerner sale.