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The Temptation of the Idler (The Dream of the Doctor)
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1497–98
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 18.7 × 12 cm (7 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP340
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 076; Meder 70 (Ia-b/If)
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: [Dürer's monogram]
Marks
Watermark: bull's head (Meder 62); verso, collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309); in graphite: Ottley 20; x; stamp(?) in black, only partially legible: 7
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)