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Saint Christopher
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 x 8.7 cm (5 1/2 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2109
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 013; Hollsten 14 (I)
State
I
DescriptionCopy in reverse after a Dürer's woodcut (Bartsch 103).
Signed
Signed in plate, upper center: [hallmark]/I.H
Marks
No watermark; verso, collector's mark in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA Parker stamp, in purple, with accession number in ink: 2109.
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 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.