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Shield with a Lion, Held by an Angel


Angel Holding a Shield with a Lion (modern impression)
Reverse copy by: Master W (German, active late 15th century)
Copied after: Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Platemark: 11.4 x 10 cm (4 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 12.1 x 10.4 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP881
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Lehrs 003; Hollstein (German, vol. XLIX, after Schongauer) 95c
Signed Signed in plate, lower center: [engraver's mark, 3 connected zig-zag strokes]
Marks Verso, stamped in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]
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)