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The Meeting of Melchizedek and Abraham
Cornelis Massys (Netherlandish, before 1508–after 1560)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9.4 × 13.8 cm (3 11/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP9226
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartch 021; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XI) 3 (I/I)
State
I/I
Signed
Signed in plate, lower left: CORNELIVS.MATSYS/CMA [monogram]
Marks
Watermark (but not deciphered); verso, collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry Foster Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA's Parker Collection stamp in purple, with accession number in black ink: 9226; in graphite: c-/6916[circled]; BIX p. 109 21; No 21; 7/6
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)