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The Lute Player and the Harpist


Scenes of Daily Life
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)
1490s

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 16.8 x 11.1 cm (6 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number97.1167
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Lehrs 505 (II/II); Bartsch 178; Geisberg 407; Hollstein-Koreny 505
State II
Signed Signed in plate, lower margin below engraved border, center: . I . M .
Marks Watermark: gothic p with flower; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; in black ink: Robert Balmanno FSA London 1829 [Lugt 213]; in graphite: 0 178
ProvenanceRobert Balmanno (b. 1780- d. about 1863; Lugt 213), London; Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: January 1, 1897)