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The Nativity
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
22.7 x 16 cm (8 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.);
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2107
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 011; NB: B 11 (2)
DescriptionReverse copy after Albrecht Dürer.
InscriptionsLower center, In graphite: Copy of the Nativity / by Jerome Hopfer 1st impression / _before_ the number / of [illeg.] 1851
Lower right, in ink: 194
Lower right, in ink: 194
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.