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Christ Crowned with Thorns

Annibale Carracci (Italian (Bolognese), 1560–1609)
Italian
1606

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 18 x 13.4 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13764
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 3, ii / ii; Bohlin 21, ii / iv; Illustrated Bartsch 21, ii / v
Marks Verso, bottom left-center, stamped in red ink, the collector's mark of Henry F. Sewall (Lugt 1309)
Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the collection mark of the MFA's Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: Annib. Carratius in. et fecit. 1606.
ProvenanceHenry 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.