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The Bewitched Groom
Hans Baldung (Grien) (German, 1484 or 1485–1545)
about 1544–5
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Image: 34.2 x 20.1 cm (13 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP18923
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
P. 076; Curjel 85; Yale 87
Signed
Signed in block, on tablet, lower right: HB [monogram]
Marks
Verso, collector's initials in black ink: W.S. [William Sharp] (Lugt 2650)
Verso, stamped in red with the collector's mark of Henry F. Sewall (Lugt 1309)
Verso, stamped in purple with the mark of the MFA's Parker Collection (Lugt 1870), with accession number in graphite: 18923
Verso, stamped in red with the collector's mark of Henry F. Sewall (Lugt 1309)
Verso, stamped in purple with the mark of the MFA's Parker Collection (Lugt 1870), with accession number in graphite: 18923
InscriptionsVerso, in graphite: [?] 50
ProvenanceWilliam Sharp (mid-19th century; Lugt 2650), Manchester, UK; March 1, 1878 and subsequent days, posthumous Sharp sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 1430. Henry 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 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.