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The Fall of Man
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
about 1530
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.1 × 25.1 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession NumberM28414
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 010; Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish) 10 (I/IV); Filedt Kok (New Hollstein) 10 (I/IV)
State
I/IV
Signed
Signed lower center, possibly by the artist himself, in ink with a brush(?): L
Marks
Watermark: gothic P with a quattrofoil flower above (most like no. 7d, p. 286, in New Hollstein); verso, collector's stamp in black ink: [crown over A within a circle; Earl of Aylesford, Lugt 58]; collector's stamp in black ink: P. Davidsohn [Lugt 654]; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 28414; B.10 I; C. 6976
Inscriptions
ProvenanceHeneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (b. 1786 - d. 1859; Lugt 58)), London and Packington Hall, Warwickshire. Paul Davidsohn (b. 1839 - d. 1927?; Lugt 654), London, Vienna, and Berlin; November 22-26, 1920, his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, part of lot 1045; to P. & D. Colnaghi (dealer), London; January, 1921, purchased from Colnaghi by the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1921)