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The Abduction


Rape of a Young Woman
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1516

Medium/Technique Etching on iron
Dimensions Sheet: 30.6 x 21 cm (12 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. )
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP336
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (intaglio) 072; Meder 67 (II/II)
Signed Signed and dated in plate, in cloud upper right: 1516/[Dürer's monogram]
Marks No watermark; verso, dry stamped collector's mark, an oval with the initials R. D. (Alexander-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil; Lugt 2200); collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. (Henry Foster Sewall; Lugt 1309); collector's signature with date in black ink: H. F. Sewall/1852 [Lugt 5148]; MFA Parker stamp in purple ink (Lugt 1870) with accession number in black ink: 336; in graphite: 72; 73; vi
ProvenanceAlexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (b. 1778 - d. 1864; Lugt 2200), Paris. Probably 1852, puchased by Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE:
Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.