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The Baptism of Christ
Master HOS with the knife (also known as Master BOS with the knife) (Dutch, active in 1475–1500)
about 1490–1500
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 15.8 x 12.0 cm (6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession NumberM27575
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs 002 (unique impression); Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XII)
State
unique impression
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: BOS (with a knife above)
Marks
Watermark: (yes, but not yet identified)
ProvenanceJohn Barnard (d. 1784; Lugt 1419), London; April 16 and following days, 1798, his sale, under the direction of Thomas Philipe, London, lot 34 [see note]. After April, 1798, the Earls of Pembroke, Wilton House; by descent to their heirs, including Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1880 - d. 1960), who sold 16 albums that contained the print collection; July 5-6, 1917, Wilton House sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 11, purchsed for £31 by the MFA. (Accession Date: October, 1917)
Note: This impression does not have Barnard's mark on the verso. The information that it was in his collection comes from Lehrs, in the Geschichte und Kritischer Katalog des Deutschen, Niederländischen und Französischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert, vol. VII, p. 364. The 1798 auction catalogue of Barnard's collection, listing an engraving ofthis title by "bos", is online.
Note: This impression does not have Barnard's mark on the verso. The information that it was in his collection comes from Lehrs, in the Geschichte und Kritischer Katalog des Deutschen, Niederländischen und Französischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert, vol. VII, p. 364. The 1798 auction catalogue of Barnard's collection, listing an engraving ofthis title by "bos", is online.